Anfernee Simons scored 25 factors and the Portland Path Blazers posted the most important profitable margin in franchise historical past with a 141-88 steamrolling of the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Saturday evening.
Toumani Camara recorded 20 factors, 10 rebounds and 6 assists and Shaedon Sharpe scored 20 factors off the bench as Portland surpassed its 50-point victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 129-79, on Nov. 21, 1982.
Reserve Jabari Walker added season highs of 20 factors and 14 rebounds, Deni Avdija scored 15 factors and Scoot Henderson had 13 off the bench for the Path Blazers, who snapped a four-game dropping streak whereas persevering with their longstanding house domination of Charlotte.
The Hornets have dropped 16 of their previous 17 visits to Portland with the lone victory since 2008 occurring final season. General, Charlotte is 7-28 all-time in Portland.
Miles Bridges scored 17 factors for the Hornets, whereas Charlotte star LaMelo Ball had simply 5 factors on 1-of-10 taking pictures.
Nick Smith Jr. scored 14 factors, Jusuf Nurkic had 11 factors and eight rebounds off the bench and Mark Williams had 10 factors for Charlotte. The Hornets have misplaced 13 of their final 16 video games.
The Path Blazers shot a stellar 58.6 % from the sector, together with 20 of 43 from 3-point vary. Portland set a season excessive for factors, managed the boards 57-37 and noticed its lead prime out at 55 factors.
Charlotte made 34.7 % of its photographs and was a lowly 15.6 % (5 of 32) from behind the arc whereas falling to 1-5 in its stretch of 9 consecutive highway video games on each ends of the All-Star break.
Portland opened the sport with a 16-4 burst and led 38-21 after the opening quarter.
Sharpe hit a 3-pointer to make it 48-27 with 7:46 left within the first half. The Path Blazers closed the half with a 19-3 surge to guide 73-40.
Simons scored Portland’s closing 9 factors of the half to complete to guide all scorers with 22 factors on the break. Bridges had 10 factors for Charlotte.
The onslaught continued within the third quarter because the Path Blazers used a 17-4 spurt to take a 101-57 lead with 3:31 left within the third quarter. Sharpe culminated that run with a 3-pointer.
The rating was 109-66 coming into the fourth quarter, and Portland continued its annihilation of the Hornets by scoring 32 factors, the Blazers’ lowest quarterly whole of the sport.
–Area Degree Media