week. Ottawa hopes to give Cameron his second NHL victory

NEW ORLEANS -- Portland was trailing by three points with under five minutes left in the game and Damian Lillard was determined to keep the Trail Blazers losing streak from reaching five games. Lillard nailed a 3-pointer from the corner to tie the game and give Portland the momentum it needed to snap its four-game skid with a 111-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Lillard finished with 27 points, Nicolas Batum added 22 and Wesley Matthews had 20 for the Trail Blazers, who played without All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge. He was sitting out with a back contusion. Anthony Davis scored a career-high 36 points for New Orleans and Brian Roberts added 19. Tyreke Evans and Eric Gordon added 16 apiece after both missed one game because of illness. Portland was trailing 94-89 with 7:30 to go in the fourth quarter when Lillard scored the games next seven points, and his jumper with 4:15 gave the Trail Blazers the lead for good at 96-94. "Up to that point I hadnt been able to get it going the entire game," Lillard said. "... Coach Stotts just kept deciding to put me in ball screens and in situations where I could attack; especially late in the game. My shot started to fall. I was able to make some plays and get it going a little bit." Wrapping up a five-game road trip, Portland opened the game on a 10-2 run. From there it became a back-and-forth affair that featured 18 lead changes with no team ever having a double-digit advantage. Davis alley-oop dunk with under 3 seconds to go in the half gave the Pelicans a 55-53 lead at the break. "A much-needed win needless to say," Stotts said. "I was proud of the way we competed and kept focused. ... Everybody that was on the floor tonight really had an impact on the game." The game was tied 75-75 with 3:36 to go in the third quarter when the Pelicans went on a 6-0 run to grab an 81-75 lead. They stayed in front until midway through the final quarter, when Lillard scored 16 points to lead Portland to victory. Emotional throughout the game, particularly after his jumper gave Portland the lead for good in the fourth quarter, Lillard said the victory was crucial to his teams post-season hopes. "I mean we had lost four games in a row," he said. "Then we finally were able to close a team out in the fourth quarter and come away with the victory. It was a great feeling." New Orleans coach Monty Williams wasnt surprised by Lillards performance. "You know what hes capable of doing," he said. "Some of the stuff is un-guardable like the last 3-pointer he made. Our guys know that when hes going left late game, you know hes going to raise up. We just didnt execute that well. Weve played against him a number of times the past two years so youve got to know what to expect." Davis scored 30-plus points for the sixth time this season "I didnt care about that," he said. "I only care about winning. We lost, so all of that is up to you guys. We just didnt get the stops. I missed some shots. They (Portland) made some shots. We just have to defend. We cant let them score thirty-something points in one quarter. We especially need to defend." NOTES: Davis received the February Kia Community Assist Award in recognition of his community work around NBA All-Star 2014 festivities. ... Davis tied the New Orleans franchise record for most consecutive games with 28-plus points with his 36 Friday night against the Trail Blazers. Jerry Rice Womens Jersey . On the day the club activated Casey Janssen from the 15-day disabled list, his return from a strained oblique that cost him the first six weeks of the regular season, it announced Sergio Santos would be placed on the disabled list on Monday with discomfort in his right forearm. 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After the Salukis 73-65 loss at Murray State on Tuesday night, Hinson called his players "uncoachable," "a bunch of mamas boys" and compared the disciplining of his young team to housebreaking a puppy.(SportsNetwork.com) - The New Jersey Devils will try to avoid matching their longest losing streak of the season when they host the Ottawa Senators for Wednesdays clash at Prudential Center. The Devils are currently in an 0-2-2 slide, marking the franchises fourth losing streak of four games or longer this season. New Jerseys only five-game drought came during an 0-3-2 stretch from Nov. 22-Dec. 2. New Jersey suffered its latest setback Monday on Long Island, as the Devils fell to the New York Islanders in a shootout despite scoring the games first two goals. Marek Zidlicky and Scott Gomez scored in the first period for the Devils, but Josh Bailey and Matt Martin each tallied in the second and third to help New York send the game to overtime. Bailey also would provide the winning goal in the shootout to lift the Isles to the 3-2 decision. With the shootout knotted at 1-1 heading into the fifth round, Bailey was able to sneak a low shot between the pads of Keith Kinkaid, and Jacob Josefson missed the net on New Jerseys last chance. Kinkaid, a Long Island native, gave workhorse goaltender Cory Schneider a rare night off and stopped 31 shots in the loss. Well we got one point so start there and go home, said Gomez. Its no reason to get frustrated because we played well enough. Give them credit, they came back and its a good club over there. Jaromir Jagr had two assists in the loss, moving him past Steve Yzerman for sole possession of seventh all time with 1,065 helpers. Adam Oates is sixth with 1,079. Mike Cammalleri missed Wednesdays game with a bruised tailbone and the Devils forward is questionable for tonight. Cammalleri is leading New Jersey with 11 goals despite playing in only 23 of 32 games this season. Fellow forward Dainius Zubrus has sat out the last four games with a cut on his leg and is considered day-to-day. Schneider is expected to return to the New Jersey crease toonight.dddddddddddd He is 2-0-1 with a 1.26 goals against average in three career games against the Senators. The Devils, who have played an NHL-low 11 games on home ice this season, are kicking off a four-game stay at the Prudential Center tonight. New Jersey is 3-4-4 as the host this season. New Jersey is 1-0 against the Senators this season after posting a 3-2 overtime victory in Ottawa on Oct. 25. Jagr registered the OT winner in that meeting, while Schneider turned aside 33 shots for the win. Ottawa has claimed five of seven overall in this series, but the Devils have taken three of five and nine of the last 12 encounters in the Garden State. The Senators have gone 1-1-1 so far under Dave Cameron, who took over for fired head coach Paul MacLean last week. Ottawa hopes to give Cameron his second NHL victory tonight when its completes a three-game road trip. Ottawa rallied to earn a point from its most recent outing, Mondays 5-4 shootout loss in Buffalo. The Sens jumped out to a 1-0 lead early in the first period, but the Sabres scored the next three goals to go ahead 3-1 by the early stages of the second. Ottawa would answer with three unanswered goals of its own to grab a 4-3 edge at 5:04 of the third, but Brian Flynn scored for Buffalo with 3:29 remaining in regulation to send the game to OT. Matt Moulson eventually delivered the win for the Sabres by scoring the lone goal of the shootout. Curtis Lazar scored his first NHL goal in the back-and-forth affair, while Alex Chiasson tallied a goal and an assist for the Sens, who delivered Camerons first victory in Saturdays shootout win in Boston. Robin Lehner stopped 29 pucks in the losing effort. Craig Anderson will start tonights game and owns a 7-2-1 mark and a 2.05 GAA in his career against New Jersey. Ottawa lost for the fifth time in six away games on Monday and fell to 6-8-3 as the guest this season. ' ' '