4/28/2018 Portland v. New Orleans Game Preview

New Orleans Pelicans (48-34, 24-17 away)
Portland Trail Blazers (49-33, 28-13 home)
April 28, 2018 at 1:00 PM ET
Opening Round - Portland leads 49-48

Moda Center
Portland, Oregon

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Season Series - New Orleans won 4-0

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Apr 14, 2018 New Orleans Portland 97 - 95 New Orleans Playoffs Moda Center
Apr 17, 2018 New Orleans Portland 111 - 102 New Orleans Playoffs Moda Center
Apr 19, 2018 Portland New Orleans 102 - 119 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 21, 2018 Portland New Orleans 123 - 131 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center

2017-2018 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
New Orleans948.0110.042.989.8.4789.927.0.36614.318.3.7827.937.745.626.98.15.014.419.3
Portland448.0105.541.391.0.45310.832.3.33312.315.8.77811.332.343.519.08.33.814.520.5
NOP Opponents948.0110.842.392.4.45810.431.9.32815.719.8.79210.136.746.825.69.24.913.919.0
POR Opponents448.0114.543.883.8.52210.025.0.40017.021.8.7827.535.843.326.58.36.513.519.5


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Apr 21, 2018 Portland New Orleans 123 - 131 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 19, 2018 Portland New Orleans 102 - 119 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 17, 2018 New Orleans Portland 111 - 102 New Orleans Playoffs Moda Center
Apr 14, 2018 New Orleans Portland 97 - 95 New Orleans Playoffs Moda Center
Mar 27, 2018 Portland New Orleans 107 - 103 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 12, 2018 Portland New Orleans 113 - 119 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 2, 2017 New Orleans Portland 123 - 116 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Oct 24, 2017 New Orleans Portland 93 - 103 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 12, 2017 New Orleans Portland 103 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 14, 2017 Portland New Orleans 77 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 25, 2016 New Orleans Portland 104 - 119 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 18, 2016 Portland New Orleans 101 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 18, 2016 Portland New Orleans 117 - 112 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2015 Portland New Orleans 89 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 14, 2015 New Orleans Portland 101 - 105 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Oct 28, 2015 New Orleans Portland 94 - 112 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 4, 2015 New Orleans Portland 90 - 99 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Dec 20, 2014 Portland New Orleans 114 - 88 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 17, 2014 New Orleans Portland 93 - 102 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 6, 2014 New Orleans Portland 94 - 100 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 14, 2014 Portland New Orleans 111 - 103 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 30, 2013 Portland New Orleans 108 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 21, 2013 New Orleans Portland 107 - 110 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 10, 2013 Portland New Orleans 96 - 98 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 13, 2013 Portland New Orleans 63 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 16, 2012 New Orleans Portland 94 - 95 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 29, 2012 New Orleans Portland 93 - 99 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 5, 2012 New Orleans Portland 74 - 86 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 10, 2012 Portland New Orleans 94 - 86 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 16, 2012 Portland New Orleans 84 - 77 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 30, 2011 Portland New Orleans 91 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 16, 2011 New Orleans Portland 96 - 103 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 26, 2010 New Orleans Portland 97 - 78 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 13, 2010 Portland New Orleans 87 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 27, 2010 Portland New Orleans 112 - 101 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 25, 2010 New Orleans Portland 98 - 97 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 13, 2009 Portland New Orleans 86 - 78 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2009 Portland New Orleans 97 - 89 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 2, 2009 New Orleans Portland 92 - 77 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 28, 2008 New Orleans Portland 86 - 101 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 14, 2008 Portland New Orleans 82 - 87 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2008 Portland New Orleans 81 - 96 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 17, 2007 New Orleans Portland 76 - 88 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 7, 2007 New Orleans Portland 90 - 93 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 2, 2007 Portland New Orleans 93 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2007 Portland New Orleans 91 - 103 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Dec 27, 2006 New Orleans Portland 85 - 100 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 10, 2006 New Orleans Portland 91 - 92 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 26, 2006 New Orleans Portland 88 - 75 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 15, 2006 Portland New Orleans 86 - 102 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Jan 6, 2006 Portland New Orleans 80 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Dec 9, 2005 New Orleans Portland 95 - 98 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 10, 2005 Portland New Orleans 90 - 81 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 9, 2005 New Orleans Portland 91 - 80 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Jan 14, 2005 Portland New Orleans 106 - 112 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 3, 2004 New Orleans Portland 94 - 81 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 15, 2003 Portland New Orleans 79 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 24, 2003 Portland New Orleans 97 - 96 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 17, 2002 New Orleans Portland 93 - 102 Portland Regular Season Moda Center

2017-2018 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Holiday E. Moore D. Miller A. Davis E. Okafor
Rotation     S. Hill C. Diallo  
Lim PT   F. Jackson   N. Mirotic A. Ajinca
Lim PT   D. Liggins      

2017-2018 Portland Trail Blazers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Lillard C. McCollum E. Turner M. Harkless A. Aminu
Rotation   W. Baldwin IV     Z. Collins
Lim PT     J. Layman   M. Leonard
Lim PT         C. Swanigan
Lim PT         G. Papagiannis

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
42 Alexis Ajinca C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Ian Clark G 74 19.7 7.4 3.0 6.7 .448 0.8 2.6 .318 0.6 0.8 .763 0.1 1.6 1.7 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.6
4 Charles Cooke G 13 2.9 0.5 0.2 1.1 .143 0.1 0.6 .125 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
0 DeMarcus Cousins C 48 36.2 25.2 8.5 18.0 .470 2.2 6.1 .354 6.1 8.2 .746 2.2 10.7 12.9 5.4 1.7 1.6 5.0 3.8
27 Jordan Crawford G 5 10.7 6.6 2.4 5.4 .444 1.6 2.8 .571 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.6 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.4
23 Anthony Davis PF 75 36.4 28.1 10.4 19.5 .534 0.7 2.2 .340 6.6 8.0 .828 2.5 8.6 11.1 2.3 1.5 2.6 2.2 2.1
13 Cheick Diallo PF 52 11.2 4.9 2.0 3.4 .580 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .758 0.9 3.2 4.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.6
44 Solomon Hill SF 12 15.6 2.4 0.9 3.4 .268 0.3 1.8 .190 0.2 0.5 .500 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.8
11 Jrue Holiday G 81 36.1 19.0 7.6 15.4 .494 1.5 4.4 .337 2.3 2.9 .786 0.8 3.7 4.5 6.0 1.5 0.8 2.6 2.5
15 Frank Jackson SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
34 DeAndre Liggins G 27 9.0 1.6 0.7 1.5 .439 0.3 0.6 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7
21 Darius Miller GF 82 23.7 7.8 2.6 5.9 .444 1.8 4.4 .411 0.7 0.8 .866 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.0
41 Nikola Mirotic F 30 29.1 14.6 5.4 12.7 .427 2.2 6.6 .335 1.6 1.9 .810 1.4 6.8 8.2 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 2.1
55 E'Twaun Moore SG 82 31.5 12.5 5.2 10.1 .508 1.6 3.7 .425 0.6 0.8 .706 0.7 2.2 2.9 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 2.2
50 Emeka Okafor FC 26 13.6 4.4 1.8 3.7 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.8 .818 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.2
9 Rajon Rondo PG 65 26.2 8.3 3.6 7.6 .468 0.8 2.3 .333 0.4 0.7 .543 0.5 3.6 4.0 8.2 1.1 0.2 2.3 1.8

Portland Trail Blazers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
8 Al-Farouq Aminu F 69 30.0 9.3 3.3 8.4 .395 1.8 4.9 .369 0.9 1.2 .738 1.4 6.2 7.6 1.2 1.1 0.6 1.1 2.0
2 Wade Baldwin IV G 7 11.5 5.4 2.0 3.0 .667 0.6 0.7 .800 0.9 1.4 .600 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.7
33 Zach Collins C 66 15.8 4.4 1.7 4.4 .398 0.5 1.7 .310 0.4 0.6 .643 0.7 2.7 3.3 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.9 2.0
5 Pat Connaughton SF 82 18.1 5.4 2.0 4.8 .423 0.9 2.6 .352 0.5 0.5 .841 0.4 1.5 2.0 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.5
17 Ed Davis PF 78 18.9 5.3 2.2 3.7 .582 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.4 .667 2.3 5.0 7.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.8 2.4
4 Maurice Harkless F 59 21.4 6.5 2.5 5.0 .495 0.8 2.0 .415 0.7 1.0 .712 0.8 2.0 2.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.7
10 Jake Layman SF 35 4.6 1.0 0.4 1.3 .298 0.1 0.6 .200 0.1 0.1 .667 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4
11 Meyers Leonard C 33 7.7 3.4 1.4 2.4 .590 0.3 0.8 .423 0.3 0.3 .818 0.4 1.8 2.1 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.1
0 Damian Lillard G 73 36.6 26.9 8.5 19.4 .439 3.1 8.6 .361 6.8 7.4 .916 0.8 3.6 4.5 6.6 1.1 0.4 2.8 1.6
3 C.J. McCollum G 81 36.1 21.4 8.2 18.6 .443 2.3 5.9 .397 2.6 3.1 .836 0.7 3.3 4.0 3.4 1.0 0.4 1.9 2.1
6 Shabazz Napier PG 74 20.7 8.7 3.0 7.2 .420 1.1 2.9 .376 1.6 1.9 .841 0.4 1.9 2.3 2.0 1.1 0.2 1.2 1.1
27 Jusuf Nurkic FC 79 26.4 14.3 6.1 12.0 .505 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 3.5 .630 2.4 6.6 9.0 1.8 0.8 1.4 2.3 3.1
19 George Papagiannis C 1 3.7 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
50 Caleb Swanigan C 27 7.0 2.3 0.9 2.2 .400 0.0 0.3 .125 0.4 0.7 .667 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.4
1 Evan Turner GF 79 25.7 8.2 3.3 7.3 .447 0.5 1.7 .318 1.2 1.4 .850 0.4 2.7 3.1 2.2 0.6 0.4 1.3 2.1
23 C.J. Wilcox SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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