Portland Trail Blazers @ New Orleans Pelicans

15-20, 8-11 Away

122

15-20, 8-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Trail Blazers POR	29	34	22	37	122
Pelicans NO	37	18	20	34	109

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

8-28, 6-16 Home

109

8-28, 6-16 Home

Jeremiah Fears makes 3-foot running dunk
Bryce McGowens makes running layup
Yves Missi makes 2-foot layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)
Bryce McGowens makes 22-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
Zion Williamson misses driving floating jump shot
Zion Williamson misses tip shot
Zion Williamson makes 2-foot two point shot
Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Bryce McGowens misses driving floating jump shot
Zion Williamson makes 4-foot two point shot (Yves Missi assists)
Jeremiah Fears makes running layup (Micah Peavy assists)
Jordan Poole misses 24-foot three point jumper
Micah Peavy misses 9-foot two point shot
Karlo Matkovic makes 23-foot running jump shot (Jordan Poole assists)
Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Micah Peavy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jordan Poole misses driving layup
Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot running dunk (Jordan Poole assists)
Micah Peavy misses 2-foot reverse layup
Kevon Looney makes two point shot
Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot dunk (Jose Alvarado assists)
Karlo Matkovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jose Alvarado assists)
Jordan Hawkins misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Sidy Cissoko blocks Zion Williamson 's 5-foot two point shot
Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Yves Missi misses driving layup
Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Jeremiah Fears makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot
Zion Williamson makes 2-foot running dunk (Micah Peavy assists)
Jeremiah Fears makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)
Micah Peavy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Fears misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Toumani Camara blocks Jordan Poole 's 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bryce McGowens misses driving floating jump shot
Jordan Poole misses driving floating jump shot
Jose Alvarado misses 23-foot three point jumper
Zion Williamson makes 2-foot dunk (Jordan Poole assists)
Jeremiah Fears misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Zion Williamson makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Jeremiah Fears misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Zion Williamson misses 7-foot fade away jump shot
Kris Murray blocks Jeremiah Fears 's 1-foot driving layup
Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Bryce McGowens misses driving layup
Jordan Poole misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Bryce McGowens makes 8-foot fade away jump shot (Jordan Poole assists)
Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Deni Avdija blocks Bryce McGowens 's 8-foot fade away jump shot
Zion Williamson misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Jeremiah Fears misses driving layup
Yves Missi misses tip in dunk
Zion Williamson makes dunk
Jeremiah Fears makes running layup
Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Fears misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jordan Poole makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Zion Williamson misses finger roll layup
Kevon Looney makes tip shot
Donovan Clingan blocks Jordan Hawkins 's 19-foot pullup jump shot
Zion Williamson makes 1-foot driving dunk (Kevon Looney assists)
Jeremiah Fears makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
Jordan Hawkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Hawkins misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Kevon Looney misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jose Alvarado misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Micah Peavy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot dunk (Jose Alvarado assists)
Kevon Looney misses driving layup
Kris Murray blocks Micah Peavy 's 4-foot driving layup
Yves Missi makes 4-foot dunk (Jose Alvarado assists)
Micah Peavy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bryce McGowens misses driving layup
Bryce McGowens makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
Jose Alvarado misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Karlo Matkovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zion Williamson misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan Poole misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Karlo Matkovic makes 4-foot layup (Jordan Poole assists)
Jeremiah Fears makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan Poole makes 25-foot three pointer
Jordan Poole makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Kevon Looney assists)
Jordan Poole makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yves Missi assists)
Zion Williamson makes running layup (Jordan Poole assists)
Jordan Poole misses two point shot
Zion Williamson makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
Robert Williams III blocks Zion Williamson 's 3-foot driving layup
Jordan Poole misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Fears misses driving floating jump shot
Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup
Micah Peavy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jordan Poole makes 27-foot three pointer (Jeremiah Fears assists)
Micah Peavy makes 2-foot driving dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)
Yves Missi blocks Deni Avdija 's 5-foot two point shot
Jeremiah Fears blocks Donovan Clingan 's 1-foot two point shot
Kris Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yves Missi blocks Donovan Clingan 's 3-foot two point shot
Jeremiah Fears blocks Shaedon Sharpe 's 3-foot two point shot
Donovan Clingan misses 24-foot three point jumper
Toumani Camara makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)
Shaedon Sharpe makes 3-foot dunk (Deni Avdija assists)
Deni Avdija makes two point shot (Kris Murray assists)
Shaedon Sharpe makes 2-foot driving dunk (Deni Avdija assists)
Deni Avdija makes 4-foot two point shot
Deni Avdija makes 9-foot fade away jump shot (Toumani Camara assists)
Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sidy Cissoko makes 23-foot three point jumper (Toumani Camara assists)
Caleb Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sidy Cissoko assists)
Shaedon Sharpe makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sidy Cissoko assists)
Toumani Camara misses 22-foot three point jumper
Shaedon Sharpe misses layup
Zion Williamson blocks Robert Williams III 's 5-foot dunk
Shaedon Sharpe misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
Caleb Love misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Yang Hansen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kris Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Deni Avdija makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
Sidy Cissoko misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karlo Matkovic blocks Sidy Cissoko 's 3-foot driving floating jump shot
Rayan Rupert misses 22-foot three point jumper
Sidy Cissoko misses heave jump shot
Deni Avdija makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Caleb Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rayan Rupert assists)
Deni Avdija misses layup
Yves Missi blocks Deni Avdija 's 6-foot driving layup
Sidy Cissoko misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rayan Rupert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)
Donovan Clingan makes 2-foot driving dunk
Deni Avdija makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Sidy Cissoko misses driving layup
Shaedon Sharpe misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
Caleb Love misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shaedon Sharpe makes 3-foot running dunk (Robert Williams III assists)
Deni Avdija misses 22-foot three point jumper
Robert Williams III makes tip shot
Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karlo Matkovic blocks Deni Avdija 's 8-foot driving layup
Toumani Camara makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shaedon Sharpe assists)
Shaedon Sharpe misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevon Looney blocks Kris Murray 's 2-foot two point shot
Kris Murray misses driving layup
Toumani Camara misses 25-foot three point jumper
Donovan Clingan makes 2-foot dunk
Deni Avdija makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Shaedon Sharpe makes driving layup (Toumani Camara assists)
Shaedon Sharpe makes driving layup
Kris Murray makes 1-foot dunk (Deni Avdija assists)
Donovan Clingan misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Toumani Camara makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)
Shaedon Sharpe makes driving layup
Deni Avdija makes driving layup
Toumani Camara misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Donovan Clingan misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shaedon Sharpe misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Deni Avdija misses 25-foot three point jumper
Toumani Camara misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zion Williamson blocks Deni Avdija 's 4-foot driving layup
Donovan Clingan makes two point shot
Sidy Cissoko misses 26-foot three point jumper
Donovan Clingan makes 1-foot dunk (Sidy Cissoko assists)
Caleb Love makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Deni Avdija assists)
Caleb Love misses 23-foot running jump shot
Sidy Cissoko makes 1-foot layup (Donovan Clingan assists)
Toumani Camara misses 27-foot three point jumper
Caleb Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Caleb Love misses driving layup
Micah Peavy blocks Kris Murray 's 1-foot running layup
Shaedon Sharpe makes driving layup (Kris Murray assists)
Deni Avdija makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kris Murray assists)
Donovan Clingan makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Deni Avdija assists)
Rayan Rupert misses 23-foot three point jumper
Caleb Love makes 24-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)
Caleb Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Toumani Camara assists)
Deni Avdija misses driving layup
Kris Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Toumani Camara misses 23-foot three point jumper
Caleb Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)
Toumani Camara makes 26-foot three point jumper (Caleb Love assists)
Deni Avdija makes driving layup
Caleb Love misses 28-foot three point jumper
Robert Williams III makes 2-foot dunk (Caleb Love assists)
Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point jumper
Toumani Camara misses 22-foot three point jumper
Shaedon Sharpe makes two point shot
Deni Avdija misses 18-foot floating jump shot
Caleb Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)

TRAIL BLAZERS

PELICANS

TIME		POR	NO
12:00	Donovan Clingan vs. Yves Missi (Deni Avdija gains possession)	0	0
11:55	Yves Missi blocks Deni Avdija 's 5-foot two point shot	0	0
11:51	Donovan Clingan offensive rebound	0	0
11:50	Jeremiah Fears blocks Donovan Clingan 's 1-foot two point shot	0	0
11:46	Jeremiah Fears defensive rebound	0	0
11:45	Jeremiah Fears makes 3-foot running dunk	0	2
11:37	Shaedon Sharpe bad pass turnover (Bryce McGowens steals)	0	2
11:33	Bryce McGowens makes running layup	0	4
11:23	Kris Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	4
11:21	Donovan Clingan offensive rebound	0	4
11:20	Yves Missi blocks Donovan Clingan 's 3-foot two point shot	0	4
11:19	Shaedon Sharpe offensive rebound	0	4
11:18	Jeremiah Fears blocks Shaedon Sharpe 's 3-foot two point shot	0	4
11:14	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	0	4
11:09	Donovan Clingan misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	4
11:07	Zion Williamson defensive rebound	0	4
11:05	Deni Avdija personal foul	0	4
11:01	Kris Murray personal foul	0	4
10:57	Yves Missi makes 2-foot layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)	0	6
10:57	Donovan Clingan shooting foul	0	6
10:57	Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 1	0	7
10:42	Bryce McGowens shooting foul	0	7
10:42	Deni Avdija makes free throw 1 of 2	1	7
10:42	Deni Avdija makes free throw 2 of 2	2	7
10:24	Bryce McGowens makes 22-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)	2	10
10:13	Toumani Camara makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists)	5	10
9:59	Donovan Clingan defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	5	10
9:59	Jordan Poole makes technical free throw	5	11
9:48	Zion Williamson misses driving floating jump shot	5	11
9:44	Zion Williamson offensive rebound	5	11
9:44	Zion Williamson misses tip shot	5	11
9:43	Donovan Clingan defensive rebound	5	11
9:42	Shaedon Sharpe makes 3-foot dunk (Deni Avdija assists)	7	11
9:38	Bryce McGowens bad pass turnover (Kris Murray steals)	7	11
9:35	Deni Avdija makes two point shot (Kris Murray assists)	9	11
9:21	Donovan Clingan shooting foul	9	11
9:21	Jordan Poole misses free throw 1 of 2	9	11
9:21	Pelicans offensive team rebound	9	11
9:21	Robert Williams III enters the game for Donovan Clingan	9	11
9:21	Jordan Poole makes free throw 2 of 2	9	12
9:05	Shaedon Sharpe makes 2-foot driving dunk (Deni Avdija assists)	11	12
8:57	Zion Williamson makes 2-foot two point shot	11	14
8:44	Deni Avdija makes 4-foot two point shot	13	14
8:31	Robert Williams III shooting foul	13	14
8:31	Bryce McGowens misses free throw 1 of 2	13	14
8:31	Pelicans offensive team rebound	13	14
8:31	Bryce McGowens makes free throw 2 of 2	13	15
8:12	Deni Avdija makes 9-foot fade away jump shot (Toumani Camara assists)	15	15
8:12	Bryce McGowens shooting foul	15	15
8:12	Deni Avdija makes free throw 1 of 1	16	15
8:00	Zion Williamson makes driving layup	16	17
7:51	Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	16	17
7:48	Bryce McGowens defensive rebound	16	17
7:43	Bryce McGowens misses driving floating jump shot	16	17
7:43	Bryce McGowens offensive rebound	16	17
7:43	Deni Avdija shooting foul	16	17
7:43	Trail Blazers Full timeout	16	17
7:43	Sidy Cissoko enters the game for Deni Avdija	16	17
7:43	Caleb Love enters the game for Kris Murray	16	17
7:43	Bryce McGowens makes free throw 1 of 2	16	18
7:43	Bryce McGowens makes free throw 2 of 2	16	19
7:29	Sidy Cissoko makes 23-foot three point jumper (Toumani Camara assists)	19	19
7:10	Zion Williamson makes 4-foot two point shot (Yves Missi assists)	19	21
7:10	Robert Williams III shooting foul	19	21
7:10	Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 1	19	21
7:07	Robert Williams III defensive rebound	19	21
6:54	Caleb Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sidy Cissoko assists)	22	21
6:38	Caleb Love shooting foul	22	21
6:38	Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2	22	22
6:38	Zion Williamson misses free throw 2 of 2	22	22
6:35	Caleb Love defensive rebound	22	22
6:15	Shaedon Sharpe makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sidy Cissoko assists)	25	22
6:04	Toumani Camara personal foul	25	22
6:04	Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2	25	22
6:04	Pelicans offensive team rebound	25	22
6:04	Micah Peavy enters the game for Bryce McGowens	25	22
6:04	Kevon Looney enters the game for Yves Missi	25	22
6:04	Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2	25	23
5:52	Caleb Love bad pass turnover (Zion Williamson steals)	25	23
5:49	Jeremiah Fears makes running layup (Micah Peavy assists)	25	25
5:34	Toumani Camara misses 22-foot three point jumper	25	25
5:32	Robert Williams III offensive rebound	25	25
5:29	Shaedon Sharpe misses layup	25	25
5:27	Toumani Camara offensive rebound	25	25
5:15	Caleb Love vs. Micah Peavy (Sidy Cissoko gains possession)	25	25
5:11	Zion Williamson blocks Robert Williams III 's 5-foot dunk	25	25
5:07	Micah Peavy defensive rebound	25	25
5:04	Karlo Matkovic enters the game for Jeremiah Fears	25	25
5:04	Jose Alvarado enters the game for Zion Williamson	25	25
5:02	Jordan Poole misses 24-foot three point jumper	25	25
4:59	Micah Peavy offensive rebound	25	25
4:50	Micah Peavy misses 9-foot two point shot	25	25
4:48	Toumani Camara defensive rebound	25	25
4:36	Shaedon Sharpe misses 11-foot step back jumpshot	25	25
4:36	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	25	25
4:36	Kevon Looney loose ball foul	25	25
4:36	Yang Hansen enters the game for Sidy Cissoko	25	25
4:28	Yang Hansen bad pass turnover (Kevon Looney steals)	25	25
4:18	Karlo Matkovic makes 23-foot running jump shot (Jordan Poole assists)	25	28
4:01	Caleb Love misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot	25	28
3:59	Karlo Matkovic defensive rebound	25	28
3:53	Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	25	28
3:50	Kevon Looney offensive rebound	25	28
3:47	Micah Peavy misses 23-foot three point jumper	25	28
3:45	Shaedon Sharpe defensive rebound	25	28
3:45	Karlo Matkovic personal foul	25	28
3:33	Yang Hansen misses 23-foot three point jumper	25	28
3:30	Jose Alvarado defensive rebound	25	28
3:17	Jordan Poole misses driving layup	25	28
3:14	Robert Williams III defensive rebound	25	28
3:05	Toumani Camara bad pass turnover (Karlo Matkovic steals)	25	28
3:01	Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot running dunk (Jordan Poole assists)	25	30
3:01	Trail Blazers Full timeout	25	30
3:01	Jordan Hawkins enters the game for Jordan Poole	25	30
3:01	Donovan Clingan enters the game for Caleb Love	25	30
3:01	Sidy Cissoko enters the game for Shaedon Sharpe	25	30
3:01	Deni Avdija enters the game for Toumani Camara	25	30
3:01	Rayan Rupert enters the game for Robert Williams III	25	30
3:01	Kris Murray enters the game for Yang Hansen	25	30
2:45	Kris Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper	25	30
2:41	Kevon Looney defensive rebound	25	30
2:38	Karlo Matkovic bad pass turnover (Sidy Cissoko steals)	25	30
2:37	Sidy Cissoko palming turnover	25	30
2:21	Jordan Hawkins steps out of bounds turnover	25	30
2:07	Deni Avdija makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot	27	30
1:49	Micah Peavy misses 2-foot reverse layup	27	30
1:47	Kevon Looney offensive rebound	27	30
1:47	Kevon Looney makes two point shot	27	32
1:26	Sidy Cissoko misses 26-foot three point jumper	27	32
1:22	Jose Alvarado defensive rebound	27	32
1:16	Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot dunk (Jose Alvarado assists)	27	34
1:09	Karlo Matkovic blocks Sidy Cissoko 's 3-foot driving floating jump shot	27	34
1:05	Jose Alvarado defensive rebound	27	34
1:00	Karlo Matkovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jose Alvarado assists)	27	37
51.7	Micah Peavy shooting foul	27	37
51.7	Deni Avdija makes free throw 1 of 2	28	37
51.7	Deni Avdija makes free throw 2 of 2	29	37
36.0	Jordan Hawkins out of bounds bad pass turnover	29	37
25.2	Rayan Rupert misses 22-foot three point jumper	29	37
22.3	Jordan Hawkins defensive rebound	29	37
4.7	Jose Alvarado out of bounds bad pass turnover	29	37
0.1	Sidy Cissoko misses heave jump shot	29	37
0.1	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	29	37
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	37

Deni Avdija gets the and-1 to fall

0:20

Yves Missi gets up for the beautiful dunk

0:18

Karlo Matkovic gets up for alley-oop jam vs. Portland Trail Blazers

0:31

Regular Season Series

POR leads 2-1

Trail Blazers
125
Pelicans
117

Game 1

13/11

Trail Blazers
120
Pelicans
143

Game 2

12/12

Trail Blazers
122
Pelicans
109

Game 3

3/1

Pelicans
Trail Blazers

Game 4

3/4

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 3 January 2026

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 16,812

Referees:
Courtney Kirkland
Andy Nagy
Tyler Ricks

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	30	6	.833	-	L1
Denver	23	12	.657	6.5	L2
Minnesota	23	13	.639	7	W2
Portland	16	20	.444	14	W2
Utah	12	22	.353	17	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	25	10	.714	-	L1
Houston	21	11	.656	2.5	L1
Memphis	15	20	.429	10	L4
Dallas	13	23	.361	12.5	W1
New Orleans	8	29	.216	18	L7

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Philadelphia faces Denver, aims for 4th straight win

Denver Nuggets (23-12, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (19-14, fifth in the Eastern Conference)

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Portland Trail Blazers @ New Orleans Pelicans

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POR @ NO Videos

Regular Season Series

POR leads 2-1

Game Information

2025-26 Northwest Standings

2025-26 Southwest Standings

NBA News

Lakers find Deandre Ayton early, see move pay off late in win

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