Trail Blazers-Hornets Preview

Posted Mar 29 2011 3:20PM

The surging Portland Trail Blazers are looking to secure a playoff spot. A victory over the team that's closest to them in the Western Conference race would certainly help.

The sixth-place Blazers look to win for the seventh time in nine games Tuesday night when they visit the New Orleans Hornets, who are one game behind them.

Portland (43-31), winner of 10 of 14, defeated NBA-leading San Antonio for the second time in four days Monday, 100-92 to snap a season high-tying four-game road losing streak.

The Spurs were without four injured starters, including Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker.

"We ain't going to throw it out, because if we would have lost, we would've looked back like they didn't have their players and that was a game we needed," point guard Andre Miller said after scoring a team-best 26 points. "So we're trying to finish off and get some momentum going into the playoffs."

Portland is just ahead of New Orleans (42-32) and 1 1/2 games back of fifth-place Denver despite a rash of injuries that have kept starters Brandon Roy and Marcus Camby out for extended periods. Center Greg Oden was lost to a knee injury before the season started.

The Hornets open a critical five-game homestand with a major injury problem of their own, as the club lost All-Star forward David West to a torn ACL on Thursday. Carl Landry, however, has put together two straight impressive performances since West went down.

Making his second straight start, Landry had a season-high 24 points with 10 rebounds in a 102-84 road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Landry, acquired from Sacramento last month, scored 19 and grabbed six boards in a 106-100 victory at Phoenix on Friday.

"He's playing well. He's drawing a double team, he has to learn how to pass out of it," coach Monty Williams said. "If we can get him the ball, just knocking down his jump shot, it helps his game."

The Hornets may need Landry to continue that level of production if they want to earn their first playoff berth in two seasons. New Orleans is trying to hold off eighth-place Memphis, which is one game back and has two games remaining against the Hornets this season.

New Orleans is also just a few games ahead of ninth-place Houston, which has surged into postseason contention.

"The good thing about our situation is that we have a string of home games to end the season," guard Jarrett Jack said. "If there's any way you can do it or write it up, you'd love to do it in front of your own crowd, take the travel element out of it, and finish up strong."

The Hornets, who ended a three-game home losing streak to the Blazers with a 107-87 victory Nov. 13, fell 103-96 at Portland in the most recent matchup Feb. 16.

New Orleans can win the season series for the first time since 2005-06, when it was playing its home games in Oklahoma City.

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Landry scores 21 as Hornets beat Blazers 95-91

By BRETT MARTEL
Posted Mar 31 2011 12:35AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Carl Landry joined the Hornets with the goal of being a rugged role player.

Thrust into the starting lineup because of David West's season-ending injury last week, he's quickly transformed himself into a top scoring starter.

Landry tallied 21 points, Willie Green highlighted a 10-point fourth-quarter outburst with an energizing one-handed jam, and New Orleans jumped ahead of Portland for sixth place in the Western Conference with a 95-91 victory over the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.

"We made some money off of Carl tonight for sure, going to him down the stretch," Hornets coach Monty Williams said. "Willie was phenomenal, the dunk he had. ... If we can finish like this the rest of the year, I'll be pleased."

Chris Paul had 11 points and 12 assists, and Emeka Okafor had 15 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 1:38 left.

Marco Belinelli hit four of five 3-point attempts and finished with 16 points for the Hornets, who have won three of four, the lone loss coming on the road against the surging Los Angeles Lakers. Green finished with 12 points.

Williams, meanwhile, was animated on the sideline, knowing that a third win in four meetings with the team for which he used to serve as an assistant would give the Hornets an important tiebreaker in the standings. He coached as if it were the playoffs, keeeping starters on the court as long as needed to stay close in a game Portland led most of the way.

Paul played 45:11, his second most minutes in regulation this season.

"We showed a lot of grit," Paul said. "I think we showed coach's personality tonight. Coach is over there fighting for us, screaming. Coach is one of those guys that would put on a jersey if he could. For us to go out there and get this win tonight, knowing that that was his old home, it was a special win for us."

LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and 15 rebounds for Portland (43-32), which is tied with New Orleans in terms of wins and losses, but has lost the season tiebreaker.

Andre Miller added 19 points for Portland, but committed a costly turnover while driving to the hoop with the Blazers trailing 91-88 and 13 seconds left. Landry came up with the ball, was fouled and made both free throws, then added two more foul shots to seal it.

Miller's turnover was Portland's ninth of the second half.

"It was turnovers. They were huge," Portland coach Nate McMillan said. "You can't have those mistakes going down the stretch."

Gerald Wallace had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Blazers, while Patrick Mills added 13 points, hitting all three attempts from long range.

"This one hurts, especially a game that we feel like we controlled for the first quarter-and-a-half," Wallace said. "In the second half, they kind of took control and forced us to play back on our heels."

After trailing much of the game, but still as close as 70-68 after three quarters, the Hornets surged ahead in the final period thanks in large part to Green's 10-point scoring surge during a 16-4 run.

Green's highlights included a 3, a tough running floater as he swept across the lane and a soaring one-handed jam on a putback of Jarrett Jack's missed jumper - the last play sending the crowd into a frenzy.

"It was good to get up there and dunk. I'm going to laugh and talk with my teammates about it," Green said. "They were a little caught off guard. I was a little caught off guard. I don't dunk that much."

Jack then made a jumper that gave the Hornets their largest lead at 84-75.

Portland didn't fold, though, and tensions rose soon after when Jack and Rudy Fernandez got into a brief tussle for which they each received technical fouls with a little under 5 minutes remaining.

The Trail Blazers trimmed their deficit to five before Paul put New Orleans back up 90-83 with a driving floater off the glass with 1:40 left.

Wallace then drew Okafor's sixth foul and hit both free throws, and Miller added a driving layup to make it 90-87, setting up a tense final minute.

The Hornets improved to 2-1 since West tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Landry has averaged 21.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in those three games.

"Those are some big shoes to fill and we got to just do it collectively," Landry said of West's absence. "Right now, I'm just doing what I can do. Hopefully it'll be better than what it is now. ... We've got keep helping one another because we're not in the playoffs yet."

No, but they're closing in. Ninth-place Houston, which lost to Philadelphia Wednesday, fell four games behind both New Orleans and Portland, with all three teams having only seven games left.

Notes: The Hornets are 25-11 at home, where they play their next four games, starting on Friday night against Memphis. ... Portland dropped to 30-3 when shooting a higher percentage from the field than its opponent. The Blazers shot 50 percent, while the Hornets shot 46.6 percent. ... Patrick Ewing Jr. made his Hornets debut in the second quarter but played only 1:37. ... Wallace had his career-best streak of 24 straight games with at least one steal snapped.

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Hornets-Blazers notebook

By Larry Holder, for NBA.com
Posted Wednesday March 30, 2011 11:52PM

THE FACTS: Forward Carl Landry scored a team-high 21 points, including five free throws in the final 47.4 seconds, to propel the New Orleans Hornets to a 95-91 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night at the New Orleans Arena. The Hornets moved to the sixth spot in the Western Conference despite being tied with Portland as New Orleans holds a 3-1 season series edge.

QUOTABLE: "Giving us the series edge is huge now that we're neck and neck. We've still got a lot of games left, but this game was big for us. They've (the Blazers) been playing outstanding lately and they've been winning a lot of games in the last two minutes, last minute and a half. ... At lot was at stake. When you get in there, last week of the season and you're trying to figure out who's in and who's out."
--Hornets guard Chris Paul on the importance of the win

THE STAT: Blazers coach Nate McMillan pointed to the disparity in free-throw attempts as the main contributor to the loss. The Hornets went 22-for-29 from the line, while the Blazers shot 12-for-16. McMillan didn't blame the officials as he said that his team was aggressive enough down the stretch.

TURNING POINT: Hornets reserve guard Willie Green singlehandedly turned the game around for New Orleans in the fourth quarter. Green scored 10 of his 12 points off the bench in the fourth quarter. His monster dunk on a putback with 6:58 remaining gave the Hornets an 82-75 lead and all the momentum. "His dunk off the rim, stay tuned to Sportscenter. You will see that again. His energy was outstanding," Paul said about Green.

QUOTABLE II: "We dropped it. It's still in our hands. We dropped this game and now we need to go home. We know what we need to do. Every game is important. We dont have the tiebreaker against this team, but we do against some other teams."
--McMillan on losing an important game in New Orleans

HOT: You can't blame Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge or Andre Miller on the loss. Aldridge complained of being tired following Monday's win in San Antonio, but that didn't appear to be the case in New Orleans as he scored a game-high 24 points on 11-for-19 shooting and pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds. Miller also had a hot shooting hand going 8-for-12 from the floor for 19 points.

NOT: Paul struggled from the floor only going 4-for-15 for 11 points. While his shot wasn't falling, he did make up for it with 12 assists and four steals.

INSIDE THE ARENA: It's more like what wasn't inside the New Orleans Arena as the attendance was one of the worst of the season as there were 12,575 in paid attendance for Wednesday night's game.

NOTABLE: Portland became careless with the basketball as it turned the ball over nine times in the second half compared to only three in the first 24 minutes. ... The Hornets are 3-1 without forward and leading scorer David West as he'll miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. ... The Hornets saw plenty of production from Marco Belinelli and Emeka Okafor. Belinelli went 4-for-5 from 3-point land for 16 points, while Okafor added 15 points and 10 rebounds.

UP NEXT: For the Blazers, Friday vs. Oklahoma City, Sunday vs. Dallas, Tuesday vs. Golden State. For the Hornets, Friday vs. Memphis, Sunday vs. Indiana, Wednesday vs. Houston.

• Trail Blazers: Oden, Williams
• Hornets: Banks, Mbenga, West

• Trail Blazers: Fernandez
• Hornets: Jack

• Lead Changes: 9
• Times Tied: 7

• Arena: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
• Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #25 Tony Brothers, #12 Violet Palmer
• Attendance: 12575
• Duration: 2:22

Portland Trail Blazers (43-32)		New Orleans Hornets (43-32)
Start of 1st Quarter
(12:00) Jump Ball Okafor vs Aldridge
	11:35	Ariza 3pt Shot: Missed
Miller Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	11:34
Miller Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Aldridge (1 AST)	11:18 [POR 2-0]
	11:02 [NOH 2-2]	Okafor Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Paul (1 AST)
Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed	10:36
	10:35	Landry Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	10:21 [NOH 4-2]	Ariza Driving Reverse Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)
Wallace 3pt Shot: Missed	09:54
Aldridge Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	09:51
Miller Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)	09:35 [POR 4-4]
Aldridge Foul : Personal (1 PF)	09:28
	09:21	Paul Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Aldridge (1 ST)
Wallace Jump Shot: Missed	09:02
Aldridge Rebound (Off:2 Def:0)	09:00
Batum 3pt Shot: Missed	08:45
	08:44	Okafor Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	08:24 [NOH 6-4]	Okafor Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Matthews Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Wallace (1 AST)	08:06 [POR 6-6]
	07:49 [NOH 8-6]	Belinelli Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Paul (2 AST)
	07:33	Belinelli Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Aldridge Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)	07:33 [POR 7-8]
Aldridge Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)	07:33 [POR 8-8]
	07:15 [NOH 10-8]	Okafor Turnaround Bank shot: Made (6 PTS)
Aldridge Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)	06:53 [POR 10-10]
	06:33	Okafor Jump Shot: Missed
	06:32	Landry Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	06:30	Landry Layup Shot: Missed Block: Batum (1 BLK)
Aldridge Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)	06:28
Aldridge Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Miller (1 AST)	06:10 [POR 12-10]
	05:46 [NOH 12-12]	Ariza Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Paul (3 AST)
Matthews Jump Shot: Missed	05:29
	05:28	Okafor Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	05:19	Landry Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)	05:17
Miller Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)	05:06 [POR 14-12]
	04:49 [NOH 14-14]	Landry Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Paul (4 AST)
Batum Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Paul (1 ST)	04:36
Batum Foul : Personal (1 PF)	04:36
	04:36	Team Timeout : Regular
Batum Substitution replaced by Camby	04:36
Aldridge Substitution replaced by Fernandez	04:36
	04:22 [NOH 17-14]	Belinelli 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Paul (5 AST)
Matthews 3pt Shot: Missed	03:59
Miller Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	03:58
Miller Putback Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)	03:57 [POR 16-17]
	03:42 [NOH 20-16]	Belinelli 3pt Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Paul (6 AST)
Fernandez Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Miller (2 AST)	03:27 [POR 18-20]
	03:27	Belinelli Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Matthews Substitution replaced by Roy	03:27
	03:27	Okafor Substitution replaced by Gray
Fernandez Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)	03:27 [POR 19-20]
	03:06 [NOH 23-19]	Belinelli 3pt Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Ariza (1 AST)
Miller Jump Shot: Missed	02:43
	02:40	Ariza Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	02:34	Gray Foul : Offensive (1 PF)
	02:34	Gray Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
Team Timeout : Regular	02:34
Miller Substitution replaced by Mills	02:34
	02:34	Belinelli Substitution replaced by Jack
Fernandez Layup Shot: Missed	02:20
Wallace Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	02:19
Wallace Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)	02:15 [POR 21-23]
	02:15	Paul Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	02:15	Landry Substitution replaced by Green
Wallace Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)	02:15 [POR 22-23]
	01:59	Jack 3pt Shot: Missed
Fernandez Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	01:58
Fernandez Layup Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Wallace (2 AST)	01:40 [POR 24-23]
	01:26	Green Jump Shot: Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	01:25
Wallace Layup Shot: Made (5 PTS)	01:18 [POR 26-23]
	01:06	Ariza Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Mills (1 ST)
Roy Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS)	00:45.8 [POR 28-23]
	00:36.6	Gray Turnover : Traveling (2 TO)
	00:36.6	Ariza Substitution replaced by Pondexter
Mills 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Fernandez (1 AST)	00:23.6 [POR 31-23]
Mills Foul : Personal Block (1 PF)	00:06.4
	00:06.4	Pondexter Substitution replaced by Belinelli
Mills Substitution replaced by Batum	00:06.4
	00:00.3	Paul Jump Shot: Missed
	00:00.2	Gray Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	00:00.0 [NOH 25-31]	Gray Tip Shot: Made (2 PTS)
End of 1st Quarter
Portland Trail Blazers (43-32)		New Orleans Hornets (43-32)
Start of 2nd QuarterBack to Top
Fernandez 3pt Shot: Missed	11:44
	11:42	Paul Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	11:35	Landry Layup Shot: Missed
Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	11:34
Aldridge Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Mills (1 AST)	11:18 [POR 33-25]
	10:57	Jack Jump Shot: Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	10:56
Aldridge Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Fernandez (2 AST)	10:43 [POR 35-25]
	10:25 [NOH 27-35]	Okafor Dunk Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Paul (7 AST)
Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed	10:14
	10:13	Green Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	10:02 [NOH 29-35]	Landry Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Jack (1 AST)
Roy Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Landry (1 ST)	09:47
	09:41	Green Layup Shot: Missed Block: Fernandez (1 BLK)
	09:41	Team Rebound
	09:41	Paul Substitution replaced by Belinelli
	09:38	Belinelli Jump Shot: Missed
Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	09:37
Mills 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Fernandez (3 AST)	09:20 [POR 38-29]
Fernandez Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	09:08
	09:08 [NOH 30-38]	Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	09:08 [NOH 31-38]	Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Mills Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (8 PTS)	08:47 [POR 40-31]
	08:25	Landry Jump Shot: Missed
	08:24	Landry Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
Camby Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	08:24
	08:24
	08:24	Green Substitution replaced by Ariza
	08:24 [NOH 32-40]	Landry Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
	08:24	Landry Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	08:23
Mills Driving Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS)	08:08 [POR 42-32]
	07:45 [NOH 34-42]	Ariza Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Aldridge Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Roy (1 AST)	07:29 [POR 44-34]
Mills Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	07:09
Mills Substitution replaced by Miller	07:09
	07:09	Landry Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	07:09	Team Rebound
	07:09 [NOH 35-44]	Landry Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
	06:52	Landry Foul : Personal (1 PF)
	06:52	Jack Substitution replaced by Paul
	06:45	Paul Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Miller Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Okafor (1 ST)	06:37
Fernandez Foul : Loose Ball (2 PF)	06:37
	06:20	Paul Layup Shot: Missed
	06:20	Okafor Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
Camby Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	06:20
	06:20	Okafor Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	06:20	Team Rebound
Camby Substitution replaced by Wallace	06:20
Fernandez Substitution replaced by Matthews	06:20
	06:20	Okafor Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)	06:19
Roy Layup Shot: Missed Block: Ariza (1 BLK)	06:01
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)	06:01
	06:01	Landry Foul : Loose Ball (2 PF)
	05:52	Team Timeout : Regular
Aldridge Pullup Jump shot: Made (14 PTS)	05:48 [POR 46-35]
	05:30	Paul Jump Shot: Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)	05:29
Wallace Jump Shot: Missed Block: Landry (1 BLK)	05:19
	05:18	Paul Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
Wallace Foul : Personal (1 PF)	05:16
	05:16 [NOH 36-46]	Paul Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	05:16 [NOH 37-46]	Paul Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed	04:51
	04:51	Team Rebound
Miller Foul : Loose Ball (1 PF)	04:51
Roy Substitution replaced by Batum	04:51
	04:51 [NOH 38-46]	Belinelli Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
	04:51 [NOH 39-46]	Belinelli Free Throw 2 of 2 (13 PTS)
	04:34	Okafor Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Aldridge Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	04:34
Team Rebound	04:34
Aldridge Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	04:34
	04:33	Ariza Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	04:18 [NOH 41-46]	Landry Pullup Jump shot: Made (8 PTS)
Batum Layup Shot: Missed	03:58
Aldridge Rebound (Off:3 Def:5)	03:57
Aldridge Dunk Shot: Missed	03:57
	03:55	Belinelli Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	03:48	Belinelli 3pt Shot: Missed
	03:46	Landry Rebound (Off:3 Def:1)
	03:36 [NOH 43-46]	Okafor Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Ariza (2 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	03:36
Batum 3pt Shot: Missed	03:18
	03:17	Belinelli Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	03:02 [NOH 45-46]	Landry Turnaround Fade Away shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Paul (8 AST)
Batum Alley Oop Layup shot: Missed	02:45
	02:44	Ariza Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	02:36	Ariza 3pt Shot: Missed
Batum Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	02:36
	02:36	Landry Foul : Loose Ball (3 PF)
	02:36	Landry Substitution replaced by Ewing Jr.
Batum Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)	02:36 [POR 47-45]
Batum Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)	02:36 [POR 48-45]
	02:11	Paul Jump Shot: Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)	02:09
Wallace Jump Shot: Made (7 PTS)	01:46 [POR 50-45]
	01:32	Belinelli Substitution replaced by Jack
	01:25	Paul Jump Shot: Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	01:24
Matthews Jump Shot: Missed	01:13
	01:12	Paul Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
Miller Foul : Flagrant Type 1 (2 PF)	00:59.4
	00:59.4	Okafor Free Throw Flagrant 2 of 2 Missed
	00:59.4	Team Rebound
	00:59.4 [NOH 46-50]	Okafor Free Throw Flagrant 1 of 1 (11 PTS)
Wallace Substitution replaced by Roy	00:59.4
	00:59.4	Ewing Jr. Substitution replaced by Green
	00:41.1 [NOH 48-50]	Paul Floating Jump shot: Made (4 PTS)
Miller Jump Shot: Missed Block: Okafor (1 BLK)	00:25.9
Matthews Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	00:23.9
Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed	00:18.9
	00:16.9	Jack Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	00:01.4	Paul Jump Shot: Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:3 Def:6)	00:00.4
End of 2nd Quarter
Portland Trail Blazers (43-32)		New Orleans Hornets (43-32)
Start of 3rd QuarterBack to Top
Matthews Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)	11:40 [POR 52-48]
Matthews Foul : Personal (1 PF)	11:19
	11:06 [NOH 50-52]	Landry Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Paul (9 AST)
Batum Jump Shot: Missed	10:49
	10:48	Okafor Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	10:32	Ariza 3pt Shot: Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:3 Def:7)	10:31
Aldridge Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (16 PTS)	10:12 [POR 54-50]
	09:49	Okafor Turnover : 3 Second Violation (1 TO)
Wallace Running Jump Shot: Made (9 PTS)	09:24 [POR 56-50]
	09:06	Landry Jump Shot: Missed
	09:06	Okafor Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)
Matthews Foul : Loose Ball (2 PF)	09:06
Batum Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	09:02
	09:02 [NOH 51-56]	Ariza Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
	09:02 [NOH 52-56]	Ariza Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
Miller Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Aldridge (2 AST)	08:38 [POR 58-52]
	08:29 [NOH 54-58]	Landry Dunk Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Paul (10 AST)
Aldridge Step Back Jump shot: Made (18 PTS)	08:11 [POR 60-54]
	07:46	Landry Jump Shot: Missed
	07:45	Landry Rebound (Off:4 Def:1)
	07:44 [NOH 56-60]	Landry Jump Bank Shot: Made (16 PTS)
Batum Layup Shot: Missed Block: Ariza (2 BLK)	07:38
Team Rebound	07:38
Batum Foul : Offensive (3 PF)	07:28
Batum Turnover : Foul (2 TO)	07:28
Wallace Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	07:18
	07:18 [NOH 57-60]	Okafor Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
	07:18 [NOH 58-60]	Okafor Free Throw 2 of 2 (13 PTS)
	07:01	Okafor Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Matthews Jump Bank Shot: Missed	06:47
	06:46	Okafor Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)
	06:40 [NOH 61-60]	Belinelli 3pt Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Paul (11 AST)
Wallace 3pt Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Miller (3 AST)	06:11 [POR 63-61]
	05:50	Paul 3pt Shot: Missed
Matthews Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	05:49
Aldridge Jump Shot: Made (20 PTS) Assist: Matthews (1 AST)	05:38 [POR 65-61]
	05:17	Okafor Foul : Offensive (3 PF)
	05:17	Okafor Turnover : Foul (2 TO)
	05:17	Team Timeout : Regular
Batum Layup Shot: Missed Block: Okafor (2 BLK)	05:03
Miller Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)	05:01
Miller Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS)	04:57 [POR 67-61]
	04:31	Landry Jump Shot: Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)	04:30
Wallace Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)	04:22
	04:09	Belinelli Substitution replaced by Jack
	04:00	Ariza Jump Shot: Missed
	03:59	Okafor Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)
	03:58	Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover
Team Timeout : Regular	03:58
	03:58	Ariza Substitution replaced by Green
Aldridge Substitution replaced by Camby	03:58
Wallace Jump Shot: Missed Block: Okafor (3 BLK)	03:38
	03:36	Paul Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
Batum Substitution replaced by Fernandez	03:28
	03:21	Paul Jump Shot: Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)	03:20
Miller Jump Shot: Missed	02:57
	02:55	Okafor Rebound (Off:3 Def:5)
Matthews Foul : Shooting Block (3 PF)	02:52
Matthews Substitution replaced by Roy	02:52
	02:52 [NOH 62-67]	Jack Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	02:52 [NOH 63-67]	Jack Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
	02:43	Jack Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Miller Substitution replaced by Mills	02:43
Mills Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Paul (2 ST)	02:35
	02:26	Okafor Jump Bank Shot: Missed
Camby Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	02:25
Wallace 3pt Shot: Missed	02:05
Camby Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)	02:02
Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover	02:01
	01:40	Okafor Jump Shot: Missed
Fernandez Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	01:39
Mills 3pt Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Roy (2 AST)	01:21 [POR 70-63]
	00:57.9	Paul 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	00:55.8
	00:55.8	Okafor Substitution replaced by Smith
Roy Jump Shot: Missed	00:40.9
	00:39.4	Landry Rebound (Off:4 Def:2)
	00:33.3 [NOH 65-70]	Jack Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Mills Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Paul (3 ST)	00:23.9
	00:02.9 [NOH 67-70]	Paul Driving Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Mills Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	00:02.9
	00:02.9	Landry Substitution replaced by Ariza
	00:02.9 [NOH 68-70]	Paul Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
Fernandez 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.0
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 3rd Quarter
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	11:44	Smith Jump Shot: Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:3 Def:8)	11:43
	11:29	Okafor Foul : Shooting Block (4 PF)
Roy Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)	11:29 [POR 71-68]
Mills Substitution replaced by Miller	11:29
Roy Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	11:29
	11:25	Jack Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	11:18	Green 3pt Shot: Missed
	11:16	Smith Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	11:03 [NOH 70-71]	Smith Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Jack (2 AST)
Fernandez Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Jack (1 ST)	10:44
	10:38 [NOH 72-71]	Green Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Jack (3 AST)
Miller Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Fernandez (4 AST)	10:22 [POR 73-72]
	10:04 [NOH 74-73]	Paul Jump Shot: Made (9 PTS)
Roy Jump Shot: Missed	09:50
	09:48	Paul Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)
	09:37 [NOH 77-73]	Green 3pt Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Paul (12 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	09:37
Fernandez Jump Shot: Missed	09:18
	09:16	Paul Rebound (Off:0 Def:6)
Camby Foul : Shooting Block (3 PF)	08:55
	08:55 [NOH 78-73]	Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
Camby Substitution replaced by Wallace	08:55
Roy Substitution replaced by Matthews	08:55
	08:55	Green Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:3 Def:9)	08:54
Fernandez Jump Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Miller (4 AST)	08:38 [POR 75-78]
	08:20 [NOH 80-75]	Green Running Hook Shot: Made (10 PTS)
Aldridge Step Back Jump shot: Missed	07:59
	07:58	Smith Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	07:46	Jack 3pt Shot: Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)	07:45
	07:34	Smith Foul : Personal (1 PF)
	07:34	Smith Substitution replaced by Landry
Aldridge Jump Shot: Missed	07:27
	07:26	Okafor Rebound (Off:3 Def:6)
	07:11	Landry Jump Shot: Missed
	07:11	Team Rebound
Miller Foul : Loose Ball (3 PF)	07:11
	06:59	Jack Jump Shot: Missed
	06:58	Green Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	06:58 [NOH 82-75]	Green Putback Slam Dunk Shot: Made (12 PTS)
Matthews Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Paul (4 ST)	06:36
	06:32	Paul Layup Shot: Missed Block: Wallace (1 BLK)
	06:32	Team Rebound
	06:13	Paul Jump Shot: Missed
Fernandez Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	06:11
Miller Jump Shot: Missed	05:56
Aldridge Rebound (Off:4 Def:9)	05:52
Fernandez 3pt Shot: Missed	05:47
	05:46	Paul Rebound (Off:0 Def:7)
Matthews Foul : Personal (4 PF)	05:32
	05:32
	05:24 [NOH 84-75]	Jack Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)
	04:57	Okafor Foul : Shooting (5 PF)
	04:57	Double Technical - Jack, Fernandez
Fernandez Substitution replaced by Roy	04:57
Miller Free Throw 1 of 2 (15 PTS)	04:57 [POR 76-84]
	04:57	Okafor Substitution replaced by Smith
Miller Free Throw 2 of 2 (16 PTS)	04:57 [POR 77-84]
	04:44	Landry Foul : Offensive Charge (4 PF)
	04:44	Landry Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
Wallace Foul : Offensive (3 PF)	04:31
Wallace Turnover : Foul (2 TO)	04:31
	04:14 [NOH 86-77]	Jack Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)
Roy Jump Shot: Missed	03:51
Aldridge Rebound (Off:5 Def:9)	03:50
Aldridge Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (22 PTS)	03:49 [POR 79-86]
Roy Foul : Personal (1 PF)	03:26
	03:12	Smith Jump Shot: Missed
Aldridge Rebound (Off:5 Def:10)	03:10
	02:56	Jack Foul : Personal (2 PF)
	02:56	Team Timeout : Regular
	02:56	Smith Substitution replaced by Okafor
Roy Step Back Jump shot: Made (5 PTS)	02:42 [POR 81-86]
	02:12	Green Jump Shot: Missed
	02:11	Okafor Rebound (Off:4 Def:6)
	02:11 [NOH 88-81]	Okafor Tip Shot: Made (15 PTS)
Aldridge Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (24 PTS) Assist: Miller (5 AST)	01:58 [POR 83-88]
	01:40 [NOH 90-83]	Paul Driving Layup Shot: Made (11 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	01:40
	01:38	Okafor Foul : Shooting (6 PF)
Roy Substitution replaced by Batum	01:38
	01:38	Okafor Substitution replaced by Smith
Wallace Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)	01:38 [POR 84-90]
Wallace Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)	01:38 [POR 85-90]
	01:14	Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover
Miller Driving Layup Shot: Made (18 PTS)	01:05 [POR 87-90]
	00:57.7	Team Timeout : Regular
Aldridge Foul : Personal (2 PF)	00:47.4
	00:47.4 [NOH 91-87]	Landry Free Throw 1 of 2 (17 PTS)
	00:47.4	Smith Substitution replaced by Ariza
	00:47.4	Landry Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:7)	00:46.7
Team Timeout : Short	00:46.7
	00:40.9	Paul Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Miller Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	00:40.9
Team Rebound	00:40.9
	00:40.9	Ariza Substitution replaced by Gray
Miller Free Throw 2 of 2 (19 PTS)	00:40.9 [POR 88-91]
	00:40.9	Team Timeout : Short
	00:40.9	Gray Substitution replaced by Ariza
	00:21.9	Jack 3pt Shot: Missed
Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:8)	00:18.9
Miller Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Green (1 ST)	00:13.0
Aldridge Foul : Personal (3 PF)	00:13.0
	00:13.0 [NOH 92-88]	Landry Free Throw 1 of 2 (18 PTS)
	00:13.0 [NOH 93-88]	Landry Free Throw 2 of 2 (19 PTS)
Team Timeout : Short	00:13.0
Miller Substitution replaced by Fernandez	00:13.0
Matthews 3pt Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Wallace (3 AST)	00:10.8 [POR 91-93]
	00:10.8	Team Timeout : Short
	00:10.8	Ariza Substitution replaced by Belinelli
Aldridge Foul : Personal (4 PF)	00:09.6
	00:09.6	Belinelli Substitution replaced by Ariza
Wallace Substitution replaced by Miller	00:09.6
	00:09.6 [NOH 94-91]	Landry Free Throw 1 of 2 (20 PTS)
	00:09.6 [NOH 95-91]	Landry Free Throw 2 of 2 (21 PTS)
Aldridge 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.3
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 4th Quarter

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