25-28, 8-20 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Trail Blazers POR	14	12	18	19	63
Hornets NO	19	19	29	32	99

New Orleans HornetsHornetsNO

19-34, 9-15 Home

Portland Trail Blazers @ New Orleans Hornets

Matchups

POR

Season tied

1-1

Game 1@ POR

Final

Game 2@ NO

Final

Game 3@ NO

Final

Western Conference

Northwest	W	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	1	1.000	-	W1
Denver	0	.000	0.5	-
Minnesota	0	.000	0.5	-
Portland	0	.000	0.5	-
Utah	0	.000	0.5	-

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