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Lillard has 43, go-ahead score as Blazers edge Pelicans

Published February 17, 2021 9:55 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 43 points, including a go-ahead three-point play with 16.5 seconds left, to lift the Portland Trail Blazers to their sixth consecutive victory, 126-124 over the New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday night.

Lillard had 11 fourth-quarter points and was clutch in the final seven minutes.

Zion Williamson finished with 36 points for New Orleans. The Pelicans had a final chance, but Lonzo Ball missed a 3-pointer and Brandon Ingram threw up an airball at the buzzer.

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