PORTLAND -- Despite trailing by nine points with under five minutes to play, the Portland Trail Blazers, thanks to timely shooting by Robert Covington, managed to pull out a 110-106 victory versus the Indiana Pacers in front of a crowd of 16,841 Friday night at Moda Center.
The Trail Blazers are now 4-5 overall and 4-1 at home this season. Portland has now won the last two games versus Indiana while the win ends a three-game losing streak.
Portland led by as many as 16 points in the first half, though a 14-0 Pacers run spanning from the end of the second quarter through the first few minutes of the third turned what had the makings of a blowout into a dogfight.