NEW ORLEANS (AP) \u2014 Shaedon Sharpe scored a season-high 35 points, Deni Avdija added 32 and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-117 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Sharpe was 11-for-11 shooting on 2-point field goals, the most 2-point shots in a game without a miss by a Portland player since March 18, 1982, when Calvin Natt went 13 for 13.<\/p>\n
Avdija has scored 25 or more points in five consecutive games, the longest such stretch of his career. It is also the longest by a Trail Blazers player since Damian Lillard\u2019s 19-game streak during the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n
Sharpe had 31 points and Avdija added 27 in Monday night\u2019s 115-112 loss at Orlando.<\/a><\/p>\n Derik Queen had 26 points and Saddiq Bey scored 25 for the Pelicans, who lost their third game in a row.<\/p>\n The Pelicans led 59-57 at halftime but the Trail Blazers outscored New Orleans 38-26 in the third quarter.<\/p>\n New Orleans played without Zion Williamson (hamstring), Dejounte Murray (leg) and Jordan Poole (knee). The Blazers were missing Lillard, Scoot Henderson, Matisse Thybulle and Blake Wesley with injuries.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Click Here<\/a> to report it. Please include the headline.<\/p>\n