The Portland Trail Blazers opened the 2015-16 regular season in grand fashion tonight, disposing of the New Orleans Pelicans 112-94. Torrid shooting from CJ McCollum got the Blazers got off to a great start. They built a 30-point lead early in the third period and coasted home for the win. The resounding victory was an impressive beginning to a new era for the franchise.
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If the NBA season could have been called to a halt after one quarter this evening the Blazers would have been declared World Champions. The "Perfect First Quarter" moniker will forever belong to the Clyde-Drexler-led Trail Blazers in their 1990 romp over David Robinson and the San Antonio Spurs, a period which ended with Portland ahead 49-18.