Anfernee Simons hit five 3-pointer and scored 25 points in the biggest blowing victory in Portland Trail Blazers history, 141-88 Charlotte Hornets Saturday night.
The 53-point margin was at the top of the franchise record of 50 set in the house of 129-79 over Cleveland on November 21, 1982.
Toumani Camara 20 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, thefts and two path blocks added. Shaedon Sharpe had 20 points from the bench and Jabari Walker He had 20 points and 14 rebounds.
Miles bridges He led Hornets with 17 points. Nick Smith Jr. had 14 points. Yusuf Nurkic 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists from the bench added.
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Trail Blazers, who did not play the playoffs from the 2020-21 season, ended up with a losing record of each season since Chancey Billup took the post of coaches 2021. Currently, they are 24-33 and in 13th place western in the west of the Conference. Portland entered the night only 109.1 points per game, which is 25th in the league.
The Hornets are in even worse form. They are only 14-41 and sit second in the eastern conference.
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Hornets: Lamelo Ball scored five points and was 1 in 10 from the field.
Trail Blazers: Robert Williams III It was switched off earlier that day with swelling in the left knee. Billups didn’t know if he would miss a significant time.
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Trail Blazers led with 17 points after the first quarter.
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In the first 90 seconds of the game, the Hornets led 4-3 before Portland started a 13-0 race. Charlotte has never been able to get back to the game.
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Both teams play on Monday night. The Hornets are in Sacramento, and the Blazers trail opens a trip of seven games in Utah.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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