Watch Brandon Ingram hit the game-winning shot, Zion Williams with a game-saving block

It wasn't an impressive first 36 minutes from New Orleans, with Portland trailing by 10 by the fourth minute.

It was an impressive final 12 minutes for the Pelicans as they fought back, going on a 13-0 run at one point and giving themselves a chance to win in the final seconds. With the game tied, the Pelicans put the ball in Brandon Ingram's hands, got him to use a smaller defender in Anfernee Simons, and while it still wasn't pretty – he shot it on the way down – it made it count just the results.

Portland had another chance, it got the ball to Simons in the backfield and let him gain momentum until he went to the rim, but Herb Jones' defense took away an easy line and that gave Zion Williamson an angle that Game made- memory block.

The Pelicans are now off to a 2-0 start to the season, despite injuries to Trey Murphy III (hamstring injury) and Dejounte Murray (hand surgery). It may not have been all pretty, but their stars played when it mattered most and that was all that mattered.