Deni Avdija scored 26 issues to guide a balanced scoring effort and the hot-shooting Portland Path Blazers routed the host New Orleans Pelicans 119-100 on Wednesday night time.
Avdija made 10-of-15 field-goal makes an attempt, together with 4-of-7 on 3-pointers, and the Blazers shot 54.5 p.c from the ground and 36.1 p.c from past the arc.
Shaedon Sharpe added 21 issues, Anfernee Simons scored 17, Toumani Camara had 15, Scoot Henderson scored 13 and Deandre Ayton had 11 issues and 13 rebounds.
CJ McCollum scored 23 issues, Dejounte Murray added 20 and Jordan Hawkins chipped in 10 for the Pelicans, who performed with out ahead Zion Williamson because of night time off as he regains his conditioning. Williamson returned from a 27-game absence because of a strained hamstring to attain 22 issues in a loss to Minnesota on Tuesday.
The Path Blazers, who’ve the third-worst document within the Western Convention, gained the season collection towards the conference-worst Pelicans 3-1. The 3 wins towards New Orleans, which integrated house victories of 125-103 on Oct. 27 and 118-100 on Nov. 4, got here by way of the most important margins of Portland’s 4 double-digits wins this season.
Sharpe had a three-point play and made a 3-pointer and Avdija additionally made 3-pointers because the Path Blazers took a 21-9 lead. Murray made consecutive baskets and the Pelicans were given inside 10 issues two times.
Portland’s largest lead was once 18 ahead of Jose Alvarado made a basket to trim the result in 40-24 on the finish of the primary quarter.
New Orleans’ Daniel Theis made a basket to begin the second-quarter scoring ahead of Sharpe and Simons made consecutive 3-pointers to start out a 16-4 run that expanded the result in 26.
Murray made the Pelicans’ subsequent two area objectives ahead of Avdija made two 3-pointers and Sharpe made one to offer Portland a 75-42 halftime lead.
–Box Degree Media