The Portland Trail Blazers entered their Thursday night contest with the New Orleans Pelicans in a tailspin, diving towards the 2022 NBA Draft Lottery, having lost approximately 95% of their games over the last month. This outing would not buck the trend. Portland turned the ball over 22 times, got outscored on the break 25-9, and gave up 33 second chance points to the Pelicans. That cost them the game even before CJ McCollum humbled his former team with a game-high 23 points. The final score read 127-94, but the contest was over long before that.
Lottery-Committed Blazers Blown Out by Pelicans
