National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 111,
Portland 97
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #71 Rodney Mott, #34 Kevin Cutler, #79 John Conley
Attendance: 15272
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #71 Rodney Mott, #34 Kevin Cutler, #79 John Conley
Attendance: 15272
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Portland | 21 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 97 |
| New Orleans | 24 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 111 |
Portland Trail Blazers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Norman Powell - G | 41:55 | 6-14 | 2-5 | 2-3 | -16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Damian Lillard - G | 39:56 | 13-24 | 6-11 | 7-8 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| Larry Nance Jr. - F | 28:17 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Tony Snell - F | 17:31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jusuf Nurkic - C | 32:33 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5-8 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Robert Covington | 30:59 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Anfernee Simons | 30:41 | 1-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben McLemore | 13:56 | 2-7 | 2-7 | 0-0 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Trendon Watford | 4:12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Brown III | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Smith Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| CJ Elleby | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-78 | 13-34 | 14-19 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 97 | |
| 44.9% | 38.2% | 73.7% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Josh Hart - G | 40:50 | 7-10 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Devonte' Graham - G | 28:17 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 37:18 | 12-22 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| Herbert Jones - F | 25:38 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 30:59 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 25:42 | 10-16 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 17:01 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Trey Murphy III | 13:13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 10:58 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Temple | 10:04 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Clark | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Naji Marshall | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaxson Hayes | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-80 | 12-33 | 15-18 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 111 | |
| 52.5% | 36.4% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| POR | Damian Lillard (2) |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Portland | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 48 |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | Biggest Lead | 14 |