Portland Trail Blazers vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 10/02/2024, 05:56  by Kennedy Kechula in NBA Predictions

The Portland Trail Blazers will be at home to welcome the New Orleans Pelicans for their next NBA regular season assignment. Both teams are having contrasting seasons in the Western Conference where the Blazers are 14th and Pelicans seventh. The Blazers arrive for this match having lost their last three matches. Chauncey Billups’ men, who possess the fifth-worst record in the NBA, have lost 36 of 51 games. They were defeated 128-122 at home last time out by fellow strugglers Detroit. The Blazers have been struck by the injury bug and could have up to nine players out here. Anfernee Simmons and Shaedon Sharpe have both been ruled out and join long-term absentee Robert Williams 111 in the treatment room. Scoot Henderson, Moses Brown, Deandre Ayton, and Malcolm Brogdon are all managing injuries and are questionable for this game. The Blazers are averaging 108.6 points a night which is the third-worst record at present.

The Pelicans are coming off a 139-122 defeat to the Lakers in LA that ended a run of four successive wins. They will be keen to get right back on track and having dominated this matchup this season, they will be confident of victory. The Pelicans have won the last three matchups with Portland with two of those being road wins. Willie Green’s men are having a strong season and sit eight games above .500 having won 30 matches. Twenty-one of their wins have come against fellow West teams. They are averaging 117.0 points which is the 13th best record in the league. Naji Marshall has been ruled out for this game due to a back problem.