The Portland Trail Blazers made a crucial step in their quest for the third seed in the Western Conference on Tuesday night in New Orleans, beating the host Pelicans by a final score of 107-103. Portland is now 3.5 games ahead of the Pelicans in the standings, and evened the season series at two games apiece.
On a night when both teams struggled mightily from three-point land, the Pelicans jumped out to a lead in the third quarter and looked to run away with the game. However, Anthony Davis went down with an apparent ankle injury midway through the third, halting the team’s momentum.