Bertans’ Career-Best Game Not Enough as “Hornets” Fall to “Trail Blazers” 86-89

“Hornets” lost to Portland “Trail Blazers” at home with the result 86:89 (21:30, 23:15, 22:22, 20:22), experiencing the ninth loss in the last 10 matches.

Bertans spent 27 minutes and nine seconds on the field, during which he made only one of six long-range shots, the only two-point shot and both free throws.

He also had one rebound, four assists and four steals.

Bertan’s four steals is a repeat NBA career record.

The Latvian basketball player played in the starting line-up for the first time this season. This was his 23rd game in the ranks of the “Hornets”, before that 15 matches were played in the Oklahoma City “Thunder” this season.

Davis Bertans missed a last-minute three-pointer that would have sent the Hornets to overtime against the Blazers.

Peep Matisse Thybulle’s reaction on the Blazers bench 😁pic.twitter.com/13vLtAz8sL

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In the last seconds of the match, “Hornets” played cooperation, which was concluded by Bertāns with a long shot from the corner, but the ball flew into the basket, so the Latvian failed to achieve a draw, which would allow the fight to continue in overtime.

Brandon Miller was the top scorer for the “Hornets” with 21 points, while Tre Mann and Aleksei Pokushevsky added 11 points each.

In the “Trail Blazers” team, which broke the streak of ten losses, Deandre Ayton stood out with 24+16, and Scoot Henderson had 22 points and ten assists.

In general, both teams did not succeed in making long shots – “Hornets” hit only five of 31 (16.1%), while “Trail Blazers” only made seven of 26 (26.9%).

With 18 wins in 76 games, “Hornets” ranks 13th in the Eastern Conference.

With 20 wins in 76 matches, the Portland team is in the penultimate or 14th position in the Western Conference.