Portland Trail Blazers 97, New Orleans Pelicans 111 — Recap

December 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 97, New Orleans Pelicans 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 21-24 NOP; Q2 POR 28-27 NOP; Q3 POR 29-30 NOP; Q4 POR 19-30 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 39 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (NOP) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Josh Hart (NOP) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Jusuf Nurkic (POR) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

39 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

28 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

27 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 10-16 FG

Season highs

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Season-high 6 threes

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	21	28	29	19		97
NOP	24	27	30	30		111

🧮 How They Scored

PORNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.2%Effective FG%60.0%

10.4%Turnover %14.6%

16.3%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.244Free-throw rate0.225

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	42	16	4	2	1	1	2	6-14	2-5	2-3	-7
Damian Lillard G	40	39	2	7	1	0	1	13-24	6-11	7-8	+2
Jusuf Nurkic C	33	17	5	4	2	1	3	6-10	0-0	5-8	-2
Robert Covington F	31	7	5	2	2	1	1	3-7	1-5	0-0	+2
Anfernee Simons G	31	2	2	1	1	0	1	1-9	0-3	0-0	+3
Larry Nance Jr. F	28	10	6	2	4	0	1	4-5	2-3	0-0	-8
Tony Snell G	18	0	3	0	1	1	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Ben McLemore G	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-7	2-7	0-0	-5
Trendon Watford F	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	41	20	5	5	3	1	3	7-10	1-4	5-5	+7
Brandon Ingram F	37	28	8	8	0	0	3	12-22	2-7	2-5	+10
Jonas Valanciunas C	31	10	16	1	0	1	2	4-10	0-2	2-2	+1
Devonte' Graham G	28	10	2	5	1	0	2	3-7	2-6	2-2	+20
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	26	27	3	4	0	0	4	10-16	6-9	1-1	-9
Herbert Jones F	26	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-1
Willy Hernangomez C	17	13	6	2	0	0	0	5-6	0-1	3-3	+2
Trey Murphy III F	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Tomas Satoransky G-F	11	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Garrett Temple G-F	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-7

🔬 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	40	39	70.9	35.8	-8.2	22.2
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	33	17	62.9	24.6	-11.4	10.6
Norman Powell	Bench	42	16	52.2	19.3	-23.8	6.8
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	28	10	100.0	10.2	-24.7	14.1
Robert Covington	Bench	31	7	50.0	12.1	-19.3	5.2
Ben McLemore	Bench	14	6	42.9	21.9	-37.0	3.5
Anfernee Simons	Bench	31	2	11.1	14.3	-20.6	-3.4
Trendon Watford	Bench	4	0	0.0	8.3	+22.2	5.0
Tony Snell	Bench	18	0	0.0	5.0	-8.3	3.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	37	28	57.9	32.9	+26.0	17.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	26	27	82.1	35.7	+8.7	21.8
Josh Hart	Bench	41	20	82.0	17.2	+24.7	15.2
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	17	13	88.8	18.9	+12.3	22.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	31	10	46.0	19.7	+22.8	12.6
Devonte' Graham	Bench	28	10	63.5	17.2	+47.9	10.5
Herbert Jones	Bench	26	3	75.0	3.7	+13.1	-1.9
Garrett Temple	Bench	10	0	0.0	13.6	-31.6	-2.9
Trey Murphy III	Bench	13	0	0.0	3.1	+14.3	-1.4
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	11	0	0.0	14.8	-52.2	-3.7