Portland 94, New Orleans 86
Friday, February 10, 2012 8:00 PM
Location -
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials -
#18 Matt Boland, #17 Joe Crawford, # Kevin Scott
Attendance -
14421
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap
Jamal Crawford scored a season-best 31 points and had eight assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 94-86 victory over the host New Orleans Hornets on Friday.
Raymond Felton scored 18 points and LaMarcus Aldridge and Gerald Wallace added 14 points apiece as Portland won for just the fourth time in 13 road games.
Trevor Ariza had 23 points and nine rebounds for New Orleans, which has lost eight straight and dropped to 4-23.
Ariza’s three-point play tied the score at 81 with 4:11 to play, but the Hornets then went nearly 3 1/2 minutes without scoring.
Aldridge’s 19-footer with 3:30 to play gave Portland the lead, and Nicolas Batum hit two free throws with 1:18 remaining to make it a two-possession game.
New Orleans led 46-42 at halftime and boosted the margin to nine midway through the third quarter on a dunk by Emeka Okafor.
Portland outscored the Hornets 22-10 over the final six minutes to take a 70-67 lead into the final quarter.
Okafor had 13 points, while Al-Farouq Aminu and Marco Belinelli each scored 12 for New Orleans.
Top Game Performances
| Portland |
|
New Orleans |
|
Jamal Crawford 31 |
Scoring |
Trevor Ariza 23 |
|
Jamal Crawford 8 |
Assists |
Greivis Vasquez 7 |
|
LaMarcus Aldridge 7 |
Rebounds |
Trevor Ariza 9 |
|
Jamal Crawford 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Trevor Ariza 5 |
|
Nicolas Batum 5 |
Steals |
Greivis Vasquez 5 |
|
Gerald Wallace 3 |
Blocks |
Xavier Henry 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Portland
|
94 |
51.5 |
4-17 |
20-25 |
24 |
33 |
9 |
10 |
16 |
| New Orleans
|
86 |
44.0 |
3-16 |
17-25 |
20 |
37 |
1 |
10 |
19 |
Upcoming Games
-
New Orleans
will play their next game at home against
Utah.
The
Hornets
have a W/L % of
.400
after a win and
.091
after a loss.
-
Portland
will play their next game on the road against
Dallas
.
The
Trail Blazers
have a W/L % of
.357
after a win and
.769
after a loss.