Postgame wrap: Pelicans 115, Trail Blazers 104
New Orleans is starting to get some of its injured players back. The wins are beginning to come in greater frequency as well.
Pelicans dig on defense, spoil Carmelo Anthony’s Portland debut
With time winding down in the first half, Anfernee Simons drove into the lane and fired up a running right-handed layup. On his way there, the Trail Blazers’ baby-faced second-year guard met the only other player on the court who appeared to be remotely the same age: Jaxson Hayes.
Walker: Injury bug keeps on biting Saints and Pelicans, but show must go on
“Next man up.”
Carmelo Anthony finds triumph on NBA ‘roller coaster ride,’ even in loss to Pelicans
It may have seemed like a mystery, but Carmelo Anthony said he knew all along he’d be in the starting lineup whenever he took the floor for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Pelicans spoil Anthony’s debut, beat Blazers 115-104
NEW ORLEANS — Carmelo Anthony smiled easily in a hallway outside the Trail Blazers’ locker room and asserted that he “felt great” after the first game of his 17th NBA season, even if his new team couldn’t keep pace with Jrue Holiday, Brandon Ingram and a largely revamped Pelicans squad that is showing signs of figuring some things out.
New Orleans spoils Carmelo Anthony’s Portland debut in 115-104 Pelicans win
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jrue Holiday had 22 points and 10 assists, Brandon Ingram added 21 points, and the New Orleans Pelicans spoiled Carmelo Anthony’s Portland debut with a 115-104 victory over the Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.
Kenrich Williams, the Pelicans’ ‘heart and soul,’ is leading a defensive turnaround
Jrue Holiday wears many different hats for the New Orleans Pelicans — offensive initiator, lockdown defender and respected locker room voice, just to name a few. But following Tuesday’s 115-104 win over the Trail Blazers, the Pelicans’ understated leader assumed a role unfamiliar even for him: hype man.