The Portland Trail Blazers have now won three of their last four games after a 122-109 road win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Given the convincing nature of the win and the fact that Portland still has a shorthanded roster that remains without Jerami Grant, Jrue Holiday, Blake Wesley, Scoot Henderson, and Matisse Thybulle, one would assume that rookie Yang Hansen would've been able to crack the rotation. However, that wasn't the case, as interim head coach Tiago Splitter elected to play Hansen for just two minutes.
Hansen was ineffective in that limited stretch, missing his only field goal (a three-pointer) and showing up in the stat book with one turnover.