Shaedon Sharpe scored 35 points and Deni Avdija added 32 to lead four Portland scorers in double figures as the Trail Blazers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 125-117 on Wednesday night in the Smoothie King Center.

Former Pelican Jrue Holiday scored 17 and Toumani Camara had 13 for the Blazers (6-5).

Rookie Derik Queen scored a season-high 26 points, Saddiq Bey had 25, rookie Jeremiah Fears had 15 and Herb Jones added 11 for the Pelicans (2-9). Trey Murphy scored 22 and passed Holiday for second place on the Pelicans’ career list for 3-pointers when he made No. 629 in the first quarter. CJ McCollum leads with 692.

Zion Williamson (hamstring) and Jordan Poole (quad) remained sidelined for the Pelicans but are expected to be re-evaluated during this home stand, which features four more g

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