The Portland Trail Blazers fought hard against the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night, entering the fray with a rotation featuring two players who joined the team in the last week and four more who barely play. They managed to push a Western Conference playoffs team into the fourth quarter, holding high-scoring guard CJ McCollum to just 8 points in the process. But New Orleans had too much talent, continuity, and just plain height for the Blazers to pull out the victory. The Pelicans, up by just 5 in the closing minutes of the game, streaked away to a 93-84 win.
Trail Blazers Come Up Short Against Ingram, Pelicans
