PORTLAND -- The Portland Trail Blazers turned in arguably their best defensive effort of the season to best the New Orleans Pelicans 101-93 Thursday night at the Moda Center in the second consecutive game between the two Western Conference clubs.
“This was our best defensive game of the year,” said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. “We didn’t have a bad quarter, every quarter our defensive rating was really good. We rebounded the ball well... we limited their fastbreaks, we limited their points in the paint, we limited their second-chance points.”
The Trail Blazers are now 24-16 overall and 13-7 at home season.