120 - 143

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Smoothie King Center

Officials: Gediminas Petraitis, Jonathan Sterling, and Dannica Baroody

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Portland Trail Blazers	30	38	29	23	120
New Orleans Pelicans	39	31	35	38	143

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Portland Trail Blazers	120	45-102	44.1%	14-48	29.2%	16-22	72.7%	14	55	27	19	5	15	7
New Orleans Pelicans	143	58-112	51.8%	12-32	37.5%	15-17	88.2%	19	64	35	16	10	8	7

PLAYER STATS


Portland Trail Blazers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jerami Grant^SF	30:49	16	6-19	1-7	3-3	3	2	5	1	0	0	3	2	-32
Toumani Camara^PF	27:49	15	5-11	3-8	2-2	1	4	5	5	0	0	1	5	-11
Kris Murray^C	28:33	7	2-6	0-4	3-4	4	5	9	1	2	2	2	2	-11
Deni Avdija^SG	31:57	16	5-15	1-5	5-7	0	6	6	6	1	2	2	1	-12
Shaedon Sharpe^PG	27:15	21	8-14	4-6	1-4	0	3	3	3	0	1	2	4	-17
Sidy Cissoko	32:00	20	8-12	3-6	1-1	2	2	4	2	0	1	0	2	-7
Caleb Love	21:44	9	4-9	0-5	1-1	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	-9
Duop Reath	12:30	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	-6
Rayan Rupert	23:39	14	6-10	2-4	0-0	2	4	6	3	2	0	1	2	-10
Javonte Cooke	03:44	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Donovan Clingan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yang Hansen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matisse Thybulle	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Wesley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Williams III	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scoot Henderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jrue Holiday	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Lillard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Orleans Pelicans	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Trey Murphy III^SF	31:03	24	10-13	1-3	3-4	0	5	5	4	3	0	1	1	8
Saddiq Bey^PF	29:26	15	5-14	1-4	4-4	5	3	8	4	0	0	1	0	0
Derik Queen^C	34:40	17	8-12	0-0	1-1	2	3	5	7	2	0	0	4	12
Herbert Jones^SG	14:26	4	2-9	0-1	0-0	4	2	6	0	0	1	0	3	5
Jeremiah Fears^PG	25:06	19	9-14	0-1	1-1	0	6	6	4	1	0	3	3	11
Jordan Poole	25:47	22	8-19	3-11	3-3	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	18
Jose Alvarado	22:52	4	2-8	0-3	0-0	1	4	5	9	0	1	2	0	12
Bryce McGowens	29:52	23	8-11	5-5	2-2	0	7	7	2	2	0	0	1	19
Yves Missi	13:21	5	2-4	0-0	1-2	5	3	8	0	1	3	0	1	11
Micah Peavy	10:30	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	15
Karlo Matković	01:27	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	2
Jordan Hawkins	01:27	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
DeAndre Jordan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevon Looney	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Alexander	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Dickinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dejounte Murray	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zion Williamson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

167 | 12 hours ago

Portland is so far the only team to beat OKC, and New Orleans just beat Portland.

This means New Orleans is the best team in the league and will destroy OKC in the WCF, going on to win a championship this year.

myotherduckling | Pelicans

61 | 12 hours ago

The 64-22 season starts now 😤

Equal_Antelope_7596 | Pelicans

38 | 12 hours ago

They adding extra games just because we so fun to watch

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

24 | 12 hours ago

60-22. But I like the attitude.

AbsoluteGarbaj

5 | 12 hours ago

You’ll win the World Cup too.

Krillin113 | 76ers

2 | 11 hours ago

Careful or you’ll catch the clippers in the standings and the hawks will get a worse pick than OKC

Visible-Voice9422

3 | 8 hours ago

Pels to the moon confirmed, math checks out perfectly

Can’t argue with that logic when you’re 4-22 lmao

Daconvix | Knicks

1 | 12 hours ago

Going to assume you meant New Orleans just beat Portland, not OKC lol

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

10 | 12 hours ago

Yes, but also by beating Portland we have actually beaten OKC in the process.

geupard12 | OKC

6 | 12 hours ago

But OKC has beaten New Orleans ergo its actually just a circle of suck

W_Walk | Pelicans

11 | 12 hours ago

No that one didn’t count

Vitex1988 | Thunder

1 | 7 hours ago

the Thunder are actually 0-1, their wins were all vacated after it was discovered that Aaron Wiggins was not eligible

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

5 | 12 hours ago

Actually it means Pels will win the WCF in 7

theStoner_Penguin | Pelicans

1 | 12 hours ago

Indeed but let us enjoy our delusion sir

AnEmptyKarst | Pelicans

1 | 12 hours ago

For us, the basketball itself is the circle of suck, so we’ve got to take what we can get sometimes

likpoper | Trail Blazers

2 | 10 hours ago

We have 7 players out. We beat okc without Chet and Jalen.

No_Nefariousness6385 | Kings

84 | 12 hours ago

Queen is legit. Doesnt look like a rookie out there. VERY good Center.

NitroXYZ | UTA

24 | 12 hours ago

His passing is incredible, such a well rounded offensive game for a rookie. Love watching him play.

MandomSama

3 | 11 hours ago

Cant believe bro averaged JUST 2 assists during college

Ok-Comfortable1111 | Pelicans

8 | 10 hours ago

Have you watched college basketball? Most of those kids cannot score

CapybaraNightmare

8 | 12 hours ago

Hoping that Derik Queen becomes the Derik King of this league 😎

Parallel-Quality

1 | 12 hours ago

I feel like Pelicans fans would still rather have their pick back, but at least he’s not been a bust.

mMounirM | Raptors

13 | 12 hours ago

they could have had Queen and their pick. just draft Queen at 7 instead of Fears.

xojz

8 | 12 hours ago

I don’t know the pick situation, but Fears is very good and very fun to watch.

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

7 | 12 hours ago

We need to draft a PG. Even if Murray’s Achilles magically repaired itself at the start of the season, it was clear the Pelicans need to draft a PG.

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

1 | 12 hours ago

Queen + Fears is better than having Queen + the pick. Nets would have taken Fears at 8

mMounirM | Raptors

4 | 12 hours ago

idk I can easily see the 2025 23rd pick and their 2026 1st round pick exceeding Fears in value.

They would have also been able to commit to a tank. Now they’ll try to win as many games and hopefully not give up a top 5 pick to the Hawks.

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

7 | 12 hours ago

If DQ is going to be a future all-star, I do not care about that pick anymore

BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy | Pelicans

3 | 12 hours ago

Nah I’d rather Queen right now

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

2 | 12 hours ago

It’s extremely hard to find someone of Queen’s caliber anywhere in the draft. It’s even harder to get that at a pick 13.

Next year’s top-5 picks are all likely making 2-3x as much as Queen next year.

alpacamegafan | Spurs

1 | 11 hours ago

How about someone of Fears’ caliber?

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

1 | 10 hours ago

As for Fears, it’s closer to 1.25x - 2x. If you look at rookie wage scales, the drop off after 5 starts to get steep. And of course, next year’s class will be starting at larger figures than this year’s class.

Im_Daydrunk | Pelicans

1 | 4 hours ago

Fears looks really solid at 19 and we needed a guard pretty bad IMO

I think he was a great pick so far

Ok_Possible_5702

1 | 12 hours ago

is he a center though? He looks more like 6’9”

hanacker | Japan

4 | 11 hours ago

He plays center. Height ain’t nothing but a number.

kalebglover | Trail Blazers

67 | 12 hours ago

Turns out playing with 0 point guards or centers isn’t exactly a recipe for success

Esqualatch1

15 | 12 hours ago

we were so close to cracking the code.

jbrunsonfan

13 | 11 hours ago

Oops All Wings

Angel_Clears_Caitlin

-5 | 12 hours ago

so much for the Tiago Splitter > Billups discussion

Coolguynumber01 | Warriors

12 | 12 hours ago

how does the fact that they have no healthy point guards or centers turn into a comment on Splitter’s not being as good of a coach as Billups. its nit his fault they have no playable PG’s or Centers

Angel_Clears_Caitlin

-11 | 11 hours ago

they lost to the 4-22 Pelicans

ThurstonJK | Trail Blazers

6 | 10 hours ago

Thankfully the Blazers never had incredibly embarrassing losses in the Billups era.

TimothyN | Pelicans

28 | 12 hours ago

If we didn’t have 76% of our salary on the bench for most of the season we’d have at least 12-15 wins. Especially now that Willie is gone.

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

18 | 12 hours ago

One of our worst games of the season.

No bigs - no Clingan, no Timelord, no Yang.

Our defense was atrocious.

And Blazers’ legend, Bryce McGowens, came with fire in his eyes, tying his career-high with 23 points.

We can’t make 3s… Grant with a +/- of -32 (worst, by far)

On the positive note:

Sidy Cissoko with a career-high 20 points.

Edit: Queen is a freaking baller, he had some nice dimes tonight.

Edit2: WE HAD FREAKING 6’8” KRIS MURRAY AS OUR STARTING CENTER

Edit3: Forgot to mention that Herb Jones was ejected from the game at the last possession of the 1st half (complaining to the refs), and the Pelicans still did well

RLL1977 | Trail Blazers

4 | 12 hours ago

Who was starting at the five tonight ? I didn’t catch it at tip-off

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

12 | 12 hours ago

PG: Shaedon Sharpe

SG: Deni Avdija

SF: Jerami Grant

PF: Toumani Camara

C: Kris Murray

WE HAD FREAKING 6’8” KRIS MURRAY AS OUR STARTING CENTER

BabyLeVert | Nets

5 | 12 hours ago

its in the box score. the first 5 with their starting positions was the starting lineup

RLL1977 | Trail Blazers

5 | 12 hours ago

You’re right, it was Kris Murray, how fucking depressing

xojz

1 | 12 hours ago

I thought blazers’ defense was good for 3 quarters. Maybe I was just seeing how hard they were working.

Vitex1988 | Thunder

0 | 10 hours ago

Please actually hang the banner for beating us

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

3 | 10 hours ago

A team cannot be happy even after beating you.

Suddenly: Injuries, forgot to play defense, no centers, no point guards.

Vitex1988 | Thunder

1 | 10 hours ago

That’s why you need to hang the banner, it’s the one thing that’s gone right

Angel_Clears_Caitlin

17 | 12 hours ago

Poole > Deni Avdija

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

6 | 12 hours ago

its science

Akipella | Warriors

3 | 10 hours ago

Jordan Poole destroyed the best defense in the league in the Finals only 3 years ago.

NotManyBuses | Charlotte Bobcats

-3 | 12 hours ago

Provided both are given a fair whistle, absolutely

likpoper | Trail Blazers

4 | 10 hours ago

Hahahaha

RLL1977 | Trail Blazers

14 | 12 hours ago

Like ²⁄₃ of my blazers are injured, I’d like to just enjoy one game with my guys fully healthy

W_Walk | Pelicans

3 | 12 hours ago

Same

myotherduckling | Pelicans

14 | 12 hours ago

The Pelicans have won a basketball game!!!!

AnEmptyKarst | Pelicans

13 | 12 hours ago

Alright Bryce we just need you to shoot 5 3s a game at 100% for the rest of the season, you can do that right

heat_fan_ | Raptors

12 | 12 hours ago

Pelicans have a star in Queen

Poole just casually outplaying Avdija

Kwanzaa-Bot | Pelicans

7 | 12 hours ago

First game back from 5 weeks off too.

He slid into the system every well today. I was shocked how well he adjusted to playing with Queen and Fears.

OneAthlete1 | Raptors

10 | 12 hours ago

The OKC win has been revoked

BabyLeVert | Nets

9 | 12 hours ago

With Poole, Murphy, and Herb back and Queen playing like a vet, I expect wins to stack up!

carelesssportsfan89 | Spurs

11 | 12 hours ago

Both fears and Derik queen are the future of the pelicans .

xojz

7 | 12 hours ago

Non stop running. I guess you can do that when there isn’t a big lumbering center in the building.

Two embarrassing dunks, Herb and Fears running their mouth, Poole mugging for the camera, and I finally learn who Bryce McGowens is.

A fun one.

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

4 | 12 hours ago

Trey Murphy gotta be taking more shots. Hes so good

Standard_Ad7211

4 | 12 hours ago

Man sharpes game is so ascetically pleasing. That low dribble into the stepback three is bad ass.

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

3 | 9 hours ago

He doesn’t hit many, so its fun when he does lol

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

5 | 12 hours ago

It’s amazing how much better a team looks when they aren’t missing over half their payroll due to injuries! This is far closer to what I expected out of the Pelicans coming into this season.

That being said, this team really needs to focus on reducing the number of open looks given up. If that means a talent works his way to winning a 1 v. 1, so be it.

ImTheBestNerd | San Francisco Warriors

2 | 12 hours ago

143?

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

7 | 12 hours ago

We had Kris Murray as our starting center, so yes.

Brief-Cloud-2490

1 | 7 hours ago

Were was Yang?

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

2 | 7 hours ago

Still recovering from the face contusion he got from Zach Edey

Matzeeh | Spurs

1 | 12 hours ago

Beat OKC but lost to Pels wtf is this team

Swordfish2012

5 | 12 hours ago

We had about a dozen hurt players. Even players called up from the G-league were out. It was always going to be a rough game, but granted it still shouldn’t’ve been this rough.

DDBull | Spurs

3 | 11 hours ago

Pelicans are fun to watch. DQ is legit

likpoper | Trail Blazers

2 | 10 hours ago

Yup no pgs and no centers haha. Unbelievable franchise

asa091 | Lakers

2 | 10 hours ago

Their 2 best centers and point guards are injured

Shitgoesboom | POR

1 | 3 hours ago

I agree, but the 3rd string backups were injured too lol. Dame, Jrue, Blake, and Scoot all out at pg. Matisse out at g/f, and then Clingan, R Will, and Yang all out at center. Just a depressing game. We still shouldn’t have given up 140 something, but damn, we had 8 of our players on the injured list tonight. The backup backups were all out lol.

Akipella | Warriors

1 | 10 hours ago

Just an all around feel good win.

natural_lawg | Trail Blazers

1 | 9 hours ago

Is the Pelicans vs. Blazers rivalry back?

Brief-Cloud-2490

1 | 8 hours ago

Jeremiah Fears!

Brief-Cloud-2490

1 | 7 hours ago

Dejounte Murray,Jose Alvarado, I believe are point guards, Alvarado only stand’s six feet so I believe he’s a point guard in the NBA Murray was playing center tonight for the Trail Blazers,weres Yang? Robert Williams,and Clingam,all those centers are hurt wow, injuries piling up,and we know Zion can’t stay healthy.

MrTape | NYK

-1 | 12 hours ago

coach splitter

Low_Income4405 | Knicks

-1 | 12 hours ago

Are the Blazers a real franchise or are they a psyop to convince us that the Thunder are mortal?

CrazYforGold

-7 | 11 hours ago

I had a gut feeling that there was an “understanding” or deal made before this game happened. My logical brain knew the Blazers should win but my gut told me they won’t because the Pelicans badly need a W. Also Portland is already known for there corrupt and scamming methods so certainly they were paid off to take the L. It’s a working theory, how’d I do?

The New Orleans Pelicans (4-22) defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (9-16), 143-120.