Pelicans 105-103 Trail Blazers (Oct. 25, 2024) Game Recap

PORTLAND, Ore. — Brandon Ingram hit a jumper with 4.9 seconds left and the New Orleans Pelicans came back from behind to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 105-103 on Friday night.

New Orleans trailed until CJ McCollum made a 3-pointer and a floater to make it 91-1 with 8:20 left. Jordan Hawkins gave New Orleans the lead with free throws. The Pelicans extended the lead to 97-91 on Daniel Theis' layup.

Anfernee Simons' jumper put Portland back in the lead with 2:24 left. By the time Ingram scored the winning goal, they were down to fourth place heading into the home stretch.

Hawkins led the Pelicans with 24 points.

Zion Williamson was in the Pelicans' starting lineup after missing the team's opener against Chicago due to illness. He finished the race with 16 points.

Portland jumped out to a 27-15 lead in the first quarter, maintained a double-digit lead for most of the half and led 47-37 at halftime.

Takeaways

Pelicans: Dejounte Murray is expected to miss four to six weeks after suffering a hand injury in New Orleans' season opener against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Jose Alvarado replaced him in the starting lineup.

Trail Blazers: Rookie big man Donovan Clingan played just seven minutes in the first half but had three blocks. In the third quarter, he got rid of a rebound from behind against Yves Missi, made the layup and drew a foul. Clingan finished the game with four points and four blocks in 14 minutes.

Key moment

Ingram drove into the box on Simons and made a contested turnaround jumper to give the Pelicans a 105-103 lead with 4.9 seconds left.

Key statistics

Jerami Grant finished the game for the Blazers with 34 points, including eight 3-pointers, breaking his previous best-of-seven set record against Cleveland in 2022.

Next

The Pelicans and Blazers play again Sunday afternoon at the Moda Center.

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