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POR 5-1
122 – 109
FINAL
NOP 3-4

Portland Trail Blazers 122, New Orleans Pelicans 109 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 122, New Orleans Pelicans 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 29-37 NOP; Q2 POR 34-18 NOP; Q3 POR 22-20 NOP; Q4 POR 37-34 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 35 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists on 15-of-26 shooting; Deni Avdija (POR) 34 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Shaedon Sharpe (POR) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Caleb Love (POR) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP
Zion Williamson
35 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 15-26 FG
Scoring · POR
Deni Avdija
34 PTS, 7 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 10-19 FG
Scoring · POR
Shaedon Sharpe
23 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 9-18 FG
Season highs
Zion Williamson · Season-high 35 pointsKevon Looney · Season-high 12 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

POR 22 largest lead Q4 5:36 (POR 108, NOP 86) · 11-0 run, Q2 5:25–Q2 2:46
NOP 10 largest lead Q1 1:00 (POR 27, NOP 37) · 8-0 run, Q1 6:04–Q1 3:01
Swings 9 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Robert Williams III makes tip shot (Q2 3:48, POR 53, NOP 51).

Linescore

1234 T
POR 29342237 122
NOP 37182034 109

🧮 How They Scored

PORNOP
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
34Bench points22
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
53.3%Effective FG%49.0%
7.9%Turnover %12.4%
45.2%Offensive rebound %41.3%
0.326Free-throw rate0.184

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Deni Avdija F 383471111210-193-511-14+14
Toumani Camara F 3414640114-114-112-3+10
Shaedon Sharpe G 3123510039-181-64-40
Donovan Clingan C 30111510105-100-31-2+15
Caleb Love G 2822220017-136-112-2+3
Kris Murray F 266433201-70-34-5+19
Sidy Cissoko G 195032112-71-40-0+8
Robert Williams III C-F 184610102-30-00-0-2
Rayan Rupert G-F 143110001-31-30-0+3
Hansen Yang C 20000010-10-10-0-5

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Zion Williamson F 31358222015-260-05-8-17
Jordan Poole G 3016160025-164-112-3-1
Jeremiah Fears G 2918540248-150-32-2-5
Bryce McGowens G 2413401014-92-23-4-25
Kevon Looney F 2441221112-40-10-0+6
Micah Peavy G-F 242321101-90-50-0+12
Yves Missi C 215321302-40-01-1-4
Karlo Matkovic F-C 2016202227-82-30-0-11
Jose Alvarado G 200340020-30-30-0-13
Jordan Hawkins G 170100030-40-20-0-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Deni Avdija Starter 383467.627.8+15.119.9
Shaedon Sharpe Starter 312358.229.50.011.8
Toumani Camara Starter 341456.815.1+11.38.4
Donovan Clingan Starter 301150.614.5+21.612.0
Kris Murray Starter 26632.613.2+30.75.6
Caleb Love Bench 282279.323.8+3.515.2
Sidy Cissoko Bench 19535.716.7+16.27.8
Robert Williams III Bench 18466.76.8-5.411.0
Rayan Rupert Bench 14350.08.8+6.75.9
Jerami Grant Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jrue Holiday Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Matisse Thybulle Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Blake Wesley Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Duop Reath Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Hansen Yang Bench 0200.050.0-125.0-36.4
New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Zion Williamson Starter 313559.337.7-23.320.7
Jeremiah Fears Starter 291856.726.3-3.710.7
Jordan Poole Starter 301646.224.4-3.92.8
Bryce McGowens Starter 241360.419.0-54.28.6
Yves Missi Starter 21556.37.4-16.69.2
Karlo Matkovic Bench 2016100.020.4-28.225.0
Kevon Looney Bench 24450.08.1+17.016.1
Micah Peavy Bench 24211.115.3+28.3-5.9
DeAndre Jordan Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jose Alvarado Bench 2000.010.4-32.50.0
Jordan Hawkins Bench 1700.017.9-15.0-13.3
Trey Alexander Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series POR 2 – 1 NOP
Last 20 meetings · since 2020-21 POR 9 – 11 NOP
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Portland Trail Blazers 15-20 W1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ SAS · Sat, Jan 3
New Orleans Pelicans 8-28 L6 L10 4-6 Next game recap: @ MIA · Sun, Jan 4

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