Lillard Comes Up Big, but Blazers Still Fall to Hawks
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The Portland Trail Blazers faced the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night looking to keep an improbably-great late-season road trip pristine at 5-0. Unfortunately, that wasn’t destined to be. Portland came out of the gate flat-footed and never really recovered. Throughout the game, their defense looked closer to pre-road-trip than perfection. Scoring by Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum kept them in it for three quarters. Every time the Blazers got down, their starting guards would engineer a flurry to bring them back. But in the end, they couldn’t overcome 20-41 three-point shooting from Atlanta, falling 123-114
Portland Trail Blazers’ winning streak halted by Atlanta Hawks’ sharpshooting duo of Gallinari and Bogdanovic during 123-114 defeat: Game rewind
Updated May 03, 2021;
Posted May 03, 2021
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) drives against Atlanta Hawks guard Kevin Huerter (3) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, May 3, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) APAP
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The Portland Trail Blazers’ four-game winning streak ended in a hailstorm of three-point baskets in Atlanta on Monday night.
The Hawks defeated the Blazers 123-114 thanks mainly to the hot shooting of Danilo Gallinari and Bogdan Bogdanovic. They combined to make 14 of 24 threes, with Bogdanovic, who finished with 25 points, dominating the first half and Gallinari, who finished with a team-high 28, doing most of his damage in the second half.
Portland Trail Blazers’ Carmelo Anthony moves to 10th on NBA’s all-time scoring list
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Atlanta Hawks guard Lou Williams (6) is defended by Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony (00) as he looks for an opening in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, May 3, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) APAP
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The shot gave Anthony 27,315 career points pushing him ahead of Elvin Hayes (27,313).
Anthony was fouled on the play and made the free throw to complete the four-point play. At that moment, Anthony had already scored 12 points on 4 of 5 shooting.
Anthony finished the game with 14 points and now has 27,318 for his career. He trails Moses Malone (27,409) by 91 points for ninth all time.
Welcome to Top 10, Melo: Anthony joins elite scoring list
by Paul Newberry, The Associated Press
Posted May 4, 2021 3:10 am EDT
Last Updated May 4, 2021 at 3:14 am EDT
Atlanta Hawks guard Lou Williams (6) is defended by Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony (00) as he looks for an opening in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, May 3, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
ATLANTA Carmelo Anthony looked like he was all done just a couple of seasons ago.
Now, he’s part of a truly exclusive club in the NBA.
Welcome to the Top 10, Melo.
Anthony scored 14 points Monday night in Portland’s 123-114 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, moving him past Elvin Hayes for 10th place on the career scoring list with 27,318.
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Two years ago Carmelo Anthony was out of the NBA and no one really knew why. The man who carried the Syracuse Orange to the 2003 National Championship was looking for a chance to continue his career and the Portland Trailblazers are sure happy he didn’t give up.
Last night in Atlanta Carmelo moved past Elvin Hayes into 10th place on the NBA All-Time scoring list.
Melo has now scored 27,318 points in his career and with seven games remaining this season he needs 91 points to pass Moses Malone for 9th place. In order to do so Anthony would need to score at his season average of 13.6 points per game. Portland is currently in the 7th position in the Western Conference so it’s uncertain if Melo will sit any games for rest before the play-in tournament begins.