Portland Trail Blazers 126, New Orleans Pelicans 124 — Recap

February 17, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 126, New Orleans Pelicans 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 35-30 NOP; Q2 POR 24-39 NOP; Q3 POR 35-22 NOP; Q4 POR 32-33 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 43 points, 4 rebounds, 16 assists, 7 threes on 14-of-28 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 36 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Gary Trent Jr. (POR) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Lonzo Ball (NOP) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; JJ Redick (NOP) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

43 PTS, 4 REB, 16 AST, 7 3PM · 14-28 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

36 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · POR

Gary Trent Jr.

23 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Willy Hernangomez · Season-high 17 reboundsDamian Lillard · Season-high 16 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
POR	35	24	35	32		126
NOP	30	39	22	33		124

🧮 How They Scored

PORNOP

46Points in the paint50

6Fast-break points9

15Second-chance points17

19Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.1%Effective FG%56.7%

8.4%Turnover %9.8%

17.5%Offensive rebound %42.9%

0.200Free-throw rate0.326

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	38	43	4	16	1	1	4	14-28	7-16	8-8	+14
Robert Covington F	38	12	8	1	2	4	1	5-6	2-3	0-0	+12
Gary Trent Jr. G	34	23	2	1	1	0	0	7-14	5-10	4-4	+7
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	32	13	7	3	2	2	1	6-8	1-2	0-0	+3
Enes Kanter C	30	11	4	1	0	0	0	5-10	0-0	1-2	+10
Anfernee Simons G	25	7	2	3	0	0	2	2-5	1-4	2-3	-9
Carmelo Anthony F	20	12	3	1	0	0	0	5-12	2-3	0-0	-6
Rodney Hood G	19	5	1	0	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	1-1	-11
Nassir Little F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-10

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lonzo Ball G	36	21	2	5	1	0	3	7-14	5-10	2-2	-19
Zion Williamson F	34	36	6	4	2	0	1	12-18	1-2	11-15	-4
Brandon Ingram F	32	14	5	6	0	0	2	4-12	0-2	6-6	-13
Josh Hart G	30	4	6	1	0	1	1	2-9	0-4	0-0	+9
Willy Hernangomez C	29	11	17	0	0	0	1	5-13	1-1	0-0	+8
Eric Bledsoe G	23	10	3	3	0	0	2	4-7	2-3	0-0	-14
JJ Redick G	20	16	2	2	1	0	1	5-7	4-6	2-2	+16
Kira Lewis Jr. G	17	6	2	4	0	0	0	2-6	2-4	0-2	+11
Steven Adams C	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Jaxson Hayes C	9	4	5	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	38	43	68.2	40.2	+16.8	23.5
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	34	23	73.0	18.8	+7.9	8.9
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	32	13	81.3	12.3	+12.1	11.1
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	20	12	50.0	27.9	-18.0	7.2
Robert Covington	Bench	38	12	100.0	8.2	+16.0	10.3
Enes Kanter	Bench	30	11	50.6	15.5	+16.4	3.4
Anfernee Simons	Bench	25	7	55.4	15.1	-27.4	5.4
Rodney Hood	Bench	19	5	38.8	17.1	-32.2	1.5
Nassir Little	Bench	5	0	0.0	11.1	-125.0	-3.4

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	34	36	73.2	31.7	-1.8	18.1
Lonzo Ball	Bench	36	21	70.6	20.7	-24.7	8.9
JJ Redick	Bench	20	16	101.5	18.4	+39.3	18.9
Brandon Ingram	Bench	32	14	47.8	20.0	-17.9	6.7
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	29	11	42.3	20.9	+19.3	9.8
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	23	10	71.4	17.0	-17.6	7.3
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	17	6	43.6	16.7	+35.2	8.2
Josh Hart	Bench	30	4	22.2	13.3	+15.5	1.2
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	9	4	69.4	13.6	+23.5	27.3
Steven Adams	Bench	10	2	100.0	4.3	-38.1	7.2