New Orleans Pelicans vs Portland Trail Blazers Match Player Stats On Apr 12, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Apr 13, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The New Orleans Pelicans erased a nine-point deficit in the final eight minutes to pull out a 103-100 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night at Moda Center.

Jordan Crawford came off the bench for 15 points and Cheick Diallo contributed 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Pelicans (34-48), who ended a five-game losing streak by outscoring Portland 19-7 down the stretch.

Shabazz Napier scored 25 points, Pat Connaughton collected a career-high 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and Noah Vonleh had 12 points and a career-high 19 boards for the Trail Blazers (41-41), who saw the end to a three-game winning streak.

The Blazers and Pelicans went into halftime squared at 53. Napier scored 17 points and Connaughton added 13 for Portland while Crawford had 10 points to lead New Orleans.

The teams went back and forth in the third quarter. The Blazers closed on a 10-3 run to take an 85-78 lead into the final period.

Connaughton's fifth 3-point shot of the game pushed Portland ahead 93-84 with eight minutes left. The Pelicans responded with a 15-0 run to seize a 99-93 lead with 2:59 to go.

Vonleh's three-point play cut the difference to 101-98 with 2:01 to play. He followed with a hook shot to make it 101-100 with 1:28 remaining.

Neither team scored again until New Orleans' Quinn Cook sank a pair at the line for a 103-100 advantage with 6.1 seconds to go. Portland's Tim Quarterman was intentionally fouled with 5.2 seconds left. He missed the first free throw, then intentionally missed the second. The ball bounced around and into the hands of the Pelicans as time expired.

The Blazers jumped to a 30-22 lead after one quarter, sinking 12 of 22 shots from the field.

New Orleans took the lead at 43-42 on a jumper by Axel Toupane with 4:50 left in the second quarter.

NOTES: The Trail Blazers sat out G Damian Lillard (foot), CJ McCollum (no injury given), G Allen Crabbe (foot) and F Al-Farouq Aminu (no injury given). ... Portland C Jusuf Nurkic (leg) missed his seventh straight game. ... The Pelicans were without F Anthony Davis (knee) and C DeMarcus Cousins (Achilles tendon). ... Portland G Shabazz Napier was coming off a career-high 32-point performance Monday night against San Antonio ... Portland had won 11 home games in a row against New Orleans dating to November 2010.