The Portland Trail Blazers recently completed one of their more difficult seasons in recent memory; finishing 21-61 and dealing with injury issues that stunted a significant amount of the internal growth that head coach Chauncey Billups and GM Joe Cronin were hoping for from their young team. Of all the young players on the Blazers, no one drew more attention, and scrutiny, than rookie point guard Scoot Henderson. Drafted third overall from the G League Ignite, and deemed the replacement for franchise icon Damian Lillard, Henderson joined the Blazers with a significant amount of hype.
Jalen Green had 26 points and the Houston Rockets spoiled Portland's final game at home this season with a 116-107 victory Friday night. Jock Landale had 20 points and Aaron Holiday came of the bench to score 18 for Houston, which had already been eliminated from playoff contention. Rookie Amen Thompson had 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets, playing the second of a back-to-back.
Trey Murphy III had 31 points and eight rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-100 on Tuesday night. C.J. McCollum added 29 points and made five 3-pointers against his former team, and Zion Williamson had 22 points and seven rebounds for the Pelicans. Deandre Ayton led the Trail Blazers with 30 points on 15-of-22 shooting and 13 rebounds.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
2 | C | |
41 | C | |
5 | SF | |
11 | PG | |
10 | C | |
33 | PF | |
9 | PF | |
19 | PG | |
00 | PG | |
24 | SF | |
76 | SG | |
8 | SF | |
26 | C | |
72 | SG | |
17 | SG | |
1 | SG | |
4 | SG | |
34 | SF | |
35 | C |