Game ID: 22400099
New Orleans Pelicans @ Portland Trail Blazers
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
POR 26 33 34 32 125NOP 25 22 30 26 103
NOP @ POR ScoutingNOP @ POR Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
POR availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
POR availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
POR availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's restOUT Sharpe missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Williams III missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
POR availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Sharpe missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Williams III missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
POR availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Sharpe missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Williams III missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
POR availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Sharpe missed 5 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 5 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Williams III missed 5 since 10/23, out tonight
POR availability going into 11/02 · back-to-backOUT Sharpe missed 6 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 6 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Williams III missed 6 since 10/23, out tonight
NOP availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
NOP availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
NOP availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's restOUT Jemison III missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
NOP availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Murray missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Jemison III missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
NEW Hawkins 24 to 30 min over the last 3
NOP availability going into 10/30 · back-to-backOUT Murray missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Jemison III missed 4 since 10/23, returns tonight: 1 min (13% of 10)
NEW Hawkins 24 to 29 min over the last 4
NOP availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Murray missed 4 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Matković missed 2 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Reeves missed 2 since 10/29, out tonight
BACK Jemison III back 10/30 after 4, 1 min since (13% of 10)
NEW Hawkins 24 to 31 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restOUT McCollum missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Murray missed 5 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Jones missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Matković missed 3 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Reeves missed 3 since 10/29, returns tonight: 4 min (23% of 15)
BACK Jemison III back 10/30 after 4, 1 min since (13% of 10)
NEW Hawkins 24 to 33 min over the last 5
10/23 vs GSW 104-140 — POR notes
POR lost 104-140. POR shot 39% (36 of 92) to GSW's 52%, 8 of 34 from three. The glass went 42-57 against them. Henderson led with 22 (7 of 18, 0 of 5 from three, 8 of 9 at the line); Grant added 16, Simons 15. Q1 was theirs, 21-21, but the other 3 periods went 119-83 against them. Henderson's -31 in 28 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/25 vs NOP 103-105 — POR notes
POR lost 103-105. POR shot 41% (37 of 90) to NOP's 42%, 13 of 37 from three, and got to the line 20 times to NOP's 31. POR turned it over 19 times to NOP's 14, and NOP turned those into 12 steals. Grant led with 34 (11 of 23, 8 of 17 from three); Simons added 24, Henderson 15. Q1 was theirs, 27-15, but the other 3 periods went 90-76 against them. They led by as many as 16.
10/27 vs NOP 125-103 — POR notes
POR won 125-103. POR shot 46% (43 of 93) to NOP's 43%, 14 of 35 from three, and went to the line 32 times to NOP's 24 — 25 points from the stripe to their 19. The glass went 51-39 for them. Grant led with 28 (9 of 17, 2 of 7 from three, 8 of 12 at the line); Simons added 27, Ayton 17. The hinge was Q2, 33-22: a lead of 1 became 12, and the lead reached 24. Simons was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
11/02 @ PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 27 free throws a game; Durant at 27 and Booker at 26 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest. Portland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 112, shooting 44 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Simons at 19 and Grant at 19 a game. Without Sharpe (6 straight), Thybulle (6 straight), Williams III (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Phoenix wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Portland has been plus-2 a night and Phoenix minus-4. Call it Phoenix 117, Portland 109.
10/23 vs CHI 123-111 — NOP notes
NOP won 123-111. NOP shot 46% (45 of 97) to CHI's 49%, 14 of 37 from three. NOP turned it over 11 times to CHI's 21. Ingram led with 33 (13 of 23, 3 of 5 from three); McCollum added 23, Murray 14. The hinge was Q3, 36-25: a lead of 1 became 12, and the lead reached 16. Ingram was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
10/25 @ POR 105-103 — NOP notes
NOP won 105-103. NOP shot 42% (36 of 86) to POR's 41%, 12 of 32 from three, and went to the line 31 times to POR's 20 — 21 points from the stripe to their 16. NOP turned it over 14 times to POR's 19. Hawkins led with 24 (8 of 12, 4 of 7 from three); Ingram added 21, McCollum 20. The hinge was Q4, 30-19: NOP came in trailing by 9 and left it ahead by 2. NOP trailed 37-47 at the half and won the second half 68-56. Theis was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
10/27 @ POR 103-125 — NOP notes
NOP lost 103-125. NOP shot 43% (38 of 88) to POR's 46%, 8 of 29 from three, and got to the line 24 times to POR's 32. The glass went 39-51 against them. McCollum led with 27 (10 of 21, 3 of 10 from three, 4 of 6 at the line); Hawkins added 17, Ingram 14. Q1 was theirs, 25-26, but the other 3 periods went 99-78 against them. McCollum's -29 in 36 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 113, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Ingram at 22 and McCollum at 19 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Murray (4 straight), Matković (2 straight), Reeves (2 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 27 free throws a game; Siakam at 21 and Mathurin at 16 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 113 a night to Indiana's 120. Call it New Orleans 114, Indiana 113, Indiana keeping it close.
11/03 vs ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 115, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Williamson at 21 and Ingram at 21 a game. Without McCollum (2 straight), Murray (5 straight), Jones (2 straight). One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 125, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 28 free throws a game; Young at 27 and Johnson at 17 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Daniels (2 straight), Hunter (4 straight), Bogdanović (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 115 a night to Atlanta's 125 and the glass, where New Orleans has been plus-2 a night and Atlanta minus-4. Call it New Orleans 117, Atlanta 114, Atlanta keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PORAS A. Simons
DA D. Avdija
DA D. Ayton
DB D. Banton
DC D. Clingan
DR D. Reath
JG J. Grant
JW J. Walker
KM K. Murray
RR R. Rupert
SH S. Henderson
TC T. Camara
NOPAR A. Reeves
BI B. Ingram
CM C. McCollum
DT D. Theis
HJ H. Jones
JA J. Alvarado
JG J. Green
JH J. Hawkins
KM K. Matković
YM Y. Missi
ZW Z. Williamson
POR/NOP the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Jerami Grant scores 28 and Blazers beat Pelicans 125-103 for first win of the season
PORTLAND, Ore. -- — Jerami Grant scored 28 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 125-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday for their first win of the season.
Anfernee Simons pitched in 27 points and six assists as the Blazers bounced back from a 105-103 loss to the Pelicans on Friday. Deandre Ayton finished with a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds.
CJ McCollum had 27 points to lead the Pelicans in the second of a two-game set against his former team.
After New Orleans opened the game with an 8-0 run, Portland stormed back and took a 59-47 lead into halftime. The Blazers extended the lead to as many as 24 in the second half.
Portland bullied the Pelicans on the glass, posting a 51-39 rebounding advantage and a 22-15 advantage in offensive rebounds.
Takeaways Pelicans: Pelicans coach Willie Green said Williamson would once again have a slight minutes restriction after playing 29 minutes on Friday. “It will be close to about the same,” Green said. Williamson struggled from the field on Sunday, going 3 for 12.
Blazers: Deni Avdija went 5 for 21, including 1 for 8 from 3, in Portland's back-to-back games against New Orleans. “I got to run stuff for him and get some shots for him,” Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said. “But more than anything, we’re all just trying to get to know Deni and vice versa.” Avdija finished with 11 points.
Key moment Portland rookie Donovan Clingan blocked Williamson twice in the first half, part of the reason for Williamson's 2-for-9 shooting in the opening two quarters.
Key stat New Orleans was 1 for 13 (7.7%) from the 3-point line in the first half, while Portland was 8 for 22 (36.4%).
Up next The Pelicans visit Golden State on Tuesday, while Portland is at Sacramento on Monday.