Although Cousins also scored his fourth consecutive double-double with 39 points and 13 rebounds, the Pelicans noticed the loss of Anthony Davis, who had to leave the ring with a left knee injury in the first quarter. Davis went into the locker room in the middle of the first quarter when he was barely in the game but the Pelicans missed a man who had 27 points and 17 rebounds in the 119-112 victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles last Sunday .
Jusuf Nurkic Blazers centered on three fouls in the first half of the opening quarter and Portland stayed behind on the scoreboard (13-18), but then reacted with a 16-1 run to close the period with 29-19. In the second quarter the Blazers increased the lead to 13 points, but the Pelicans trailed and went to the break with a 48-47 lead. Cousins, with 18 of his team's 25 points in this period, kept the Pelicans up by the end of the third quarter (71-73). But in the last McCollum hit two consecutive triples to put Portland with six lead (87-81) with 7:32 to play.
Lillard, who had been shut down for three quarters, added a tray and a three-pointer to extend the lead to 92-81, but the Pelicans responded with a 0-10 run to close to 92-91 with 4:06 remaining. Lillard received a foul in a three-pointer attempt and converted the three free throws to give the Blazers a 99-83 to 1:25 mattress from the final that was final.
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