Portland Trail Blazers @ Charlotte Hornets

32-24, 16-12 Away

101

32-24, 16-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Trail Blazers POR	24	27	21	29	101
Hornets CHA	44	21	28	16	109

Charlotte HornetsHornetsCHA

28-28, 14-12 Home

109

28-28, 14-12 Home

Portland Trail Blazers

starters
Robert CovingtonR. Covington#23
Rondae Hollis JeffersonHollis-Jefferson#2
Jusuf NurkicJ. Nurkic#27
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
Norman PowellN. Powell#24
bench
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony#00
Nassir LittleN. Little#9
Enes FreedomKanter#11
Anfernee SimonsA. Simons#1
Harry Giles IIIH. Giles III#4
Derrick Jones Jr.D. Jones Jr.#5
Zach CollinsZ. Collins#33
CJ EllebyC. Elleby#16
Damian LillardD. Lillard#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	7	1	2	1	0	0	7	1	-5
22	7	1-5	0-0	5-6	5	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	-18
24	12	4-8	1-2	3-4	6	2	0	1	2	1	5	2	+4
40	22	8-22	2-8	4-7	6	6	2	2	0	1	5	3	-9
39	17	6-16	1-8	4-4	3	2	3	2	0	1	2	4	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	24	8-19	6-12	2-2	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	+5
16	2	1-3	0-1	0-2	6	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	-4
17	12	6-11	0-0	0-1	7	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	-19
30	5	2-6	0-4	1-2	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	+6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT HAMSTRING
	101	36-91	10-36	19-28	47	18	8	7	3	13	34	18
		40%	28%	68%

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
Cody MartinCo. Martin#11
Vernon Carey Jr.V. Carey Jr.#22
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
bench
Caleb MartinCa. Martin#10
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Brad WanamakerB. Wanamaker#9
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#8
Nick RichardsN. Richards#14
Grant RillerG. Riller#7
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	19	7-14	3-7	2-2	5	3	1	0	2	0	5	3	+5
29	13	4-7	1-3	4-4	6	0	4	1	0	0	6	5	+8
38	5	2-5	1-2	0-0	7	7	1	1	0	2	5	1	+11
7	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	-4
39	34	13-24	7-13	1-2	8	10	2	2	1	0	8	3	+16
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	8	3-6	1-4	1-1	5	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	0
34	23	8-17	5-11	2-4	8	0	1	1	4	2	6	2	+8
21	7	2-5	0-1	3-4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	+2
11	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	4	2	0	1	0	3	1	-6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	109	39-83	18-43	13-17	46	26	14	6	8	7	39	25
		47%	42%	76%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

POR

Season tied

1-1

CHA

123

Game 1@ POR

Final

111

101

Game 2@ CHA

Final

109

Game Information

Charlotte, NC

Referee:John Goble

Referee:Haywoode Workman

Referee:Dedric Taylor

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	17	.790	-	L1
Denver	53	28	.654	11	W11
Minnesota	48	33	.593	16	W1
Portland	41	40	.506	23	W1
Utah	22	59	.272	42	W1

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	35	.568	-	W1
Orlando	45	36	.556	1	W5
Charlotte	43	38	.531	3	L2
Miami	42	39	.519	4	W1
Washington	17	64	.210	29	L9

NBA News

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