Pelicans (12-11), Trail Blazers (13-10)
PORTLAND – There’s an old basketball saying that great shooting is the cure for many ills. For New Orleans on Saturday, it was the remedy for having to play without one of its best players, four-time All-Star forward Anthony Davis. With the Pelicans awaiting further word on Davis’ left pelvis injury, New Orleans improved to 2-0 this season in games with Davis sidelined, including the Week 2 comeback win at Sacramento on TNT.
New Orleans shot 15/31 from three-point range against Portland, posting a rare triumph in Moda Center. A night earlier, the Pelicans were 15/30 at Utah, but couldn’t hold off the Jazz in the second half of a six-point defeat.