Playing without Zion Williamson on a back-to-back, New Orleans trailed 75-42 to Portland at halftime Wednesday night in a one-sided defeat at the Smoothie King Center.

Pascal Siakam scored 26 points, Thomas Bryant added a season-high 22 and two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton had 16 points ...

The Portland Trail Blazers took full advantage of the depleted New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday night, winning 119-100 at the ...

Anfernee Simons scored 17 points and Toumani Camara 15 for Portland, which led 75-42 at halftime and cruised from there. Deandre Ayton scored 11 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Blazers, who ...

In fact, the Blazers almost scored more points in the first quarter (40) than the Pelicans scored in the entire first half ...

New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been ruled out for Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers ...

New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum, right, drives to the hoop against Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara, left ...

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Zion Williamson symbolically announced his return from a 27-game injury absence with a breakaway dunk in which he rotated 360 ...

The return of Zion Williamson energized the New Orleans Pelicans and electrified the Smoothie King Center, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the hot shooting ...