Anfernee Simons scored 24 points, Deandre Ayton had 19 points and 13 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the injury-depleted New Orleans Pelicans 118-100 on Monday night. Toumani Camara and Jerami Grant each scored 16 points for the Trail Blazers,

Brandon Ingram hit a jumper with 4.9 seconds left and the New Orleans Pelicans rallied from behind to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 105-103.

But Monday night at the depleted New Orleans Pelicans was one of those nights, and the Blazers took advantage. Achieving the end result still took some doing, though. The Blazers overcame a rough first half and rode a hot fourth quarter from backup Dalano Banton to win 118-100 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.