Portland Trail Blazers vs New Orleans Pelicans will take place at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter on March 27 at 10:00 PM ET.
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The Portland Trail Blazers will welcome the New Orleans Pelicans to Moda Center at the Rose Quarter for an NBA game on Monday. The Portland Trail Blazers lost 112-118 in their last game over the Thunder. Shaedon Sharpe led the Trail Blazers with a career-high 29 points, and Nassir Little scored a season-best 28 off the bench. The loss was Portland’s eighth in 10 games, dropping the team to 32-42 this season. The Blazers are four games back of 10th place in the West and the final spot in the play-in tournament.
“It wasn’t a pretty game,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “It wasn’t our best game by any stretch. But given the circumstances, it required a level of resilience and toughness out of our team to win the game and I thought we had that.” Portland was playing without four of its five regular starters as guards Damian Lillard (right calf) and Anfernee Simons (right foot), forward Jerami Grant (left calf) and center Jusuf Nurkic (right knee) all sat out.
“I thought we played very well,” Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said. “Defensively and offensively, we were in tune. We got the ball moving around.” The Blazers started off hot and built a 37-25 lead at the end of the first quarter, but squandered it with a 7-for-21 shooting performance in the second, allowing Oklahoma City to take a 68-62 lead into halftime.
The New Orleans Pelicans on the other hand won 110-131 against the Clippers in their last game. Trey Murphy III scored 32 points, Brandon Ingram had 32 points and 13 assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans never trailed in a 131-110 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. New Orleans tied a franchise record with 21 3-pointers and shot 61.8% from behind the arc. Murphy was a major reason for that success, making a career-high 10 3s in 12 attempts.
“I just see his confidence going up and up,” Ingram said. “He’s the best shooter on the team” C.J. McCollum had 21 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Pelicans, who have won four in a row. “Our execution was off the charts,” New Orleans coach Willie Green said.
Portland Trail Blazers: Matisse Thybulle, Trendon Watford, Drew Eubanks, Shaedon Sharpe, Ryan Arcidiacono
New Orleans Pelicans: Trey Murphy III, Brandon Ingram, Jonas Valančiūnas, CJ McCollum, Herb Jones
Portland Trail Blazers: Trendon Watford, Anfernee Simons, Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, Jerami Grant, Ibou Badji, Justise Winslow
New Orleans Pelicans: Zion Williamson, Jose Alvarado, E.J. Liddell
The game between the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans will take place at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter on Monday, March 27 at 10:00 PM ET.
The match between the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans will be telecast live on Root Sports Northwest, Bally Sports New Orleans, Fox Sports New Orleans.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Root Sports Northwest, Bally Sports New Orleans, Fox Sports New Orleans. | March 27 (10:00 PM ET) |
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