Portland Trail Blazers vs. New Orleans Pelicans NBA Betting Preview

The New Orleans Pelicans (30-32) visit the Portland Trail Blazers (29-32) after losing three road games in a row. The Trail Blazers are favored by just 1.5 points in the matchup, which starts at 10:00 PM ET on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The matchup’s over/under is 233.

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How do I watch Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans

• Game Day: Wednesday, March 1, 2023
• Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
• TV Channel: ESPN, ROOT Sports NW, and BSNO
• Location: Portland, Oregon
• Arena: Moda Center

Betting Lines for Portland vs. New Orleans

Trail Blazers Betting Stats & Information

• The Trail Blazers have won 60% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (18-12).
• Portland has a record of 18-10 when it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -122 or shorter (winning 64.3%).
• So far this season, the Trail Blazers have compiled a 29-31-1 record against the spread.
• The Trail Blazers have a 16-12 record against the spread when favored by 1.5 points or more this season.
• The average point total for Portland’s games this season is 2.6 fewer points than the over/under of 233 in this matchup.
• Trail Blazers games have gone over the point total in 30 out of 62 opportunities (48.4%).

New Orleans Betting Stats & Info

• This season, the Pelicans have won 10 out of the 32 games, or 31.2%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• New Orleans has a record of 8-21, a 27.6% win rate, when it is set as the underdog by +103 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The Pelicans have gone 28-33-1 against the spread this season.
• In games this year when an underdog by 1.5 points or more, the Pelicans are 12-18-1 against the spread.
• New Orleans’ games this season have averaged a total of 227.9 points, 5.1 fewer than the point total in this matchup.
• Pelicans games have finished with a final combined score above the over/under 33 times this year.

Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans Season Stat Comparison

Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans Injury Updates

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This Matchup’s Impact Players

Portland Trail Blazers Leaders

• The Trail Blazers active leader in points and assists this season is Damian Lillard, who puts up 32.1 points per game along with 7.2 assists.
• Jusuf Nurkic averages 13.8 points per game and adds 9.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the Trail Blazers.
• Lillard makes more threes per game than any other (active) member of the Trail Blazers, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 4.3 per contest.

New Orleans Pelicans Leaders

• CJ McCollum’s statline this season includes 21 points, 5.9 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game.
• Jonas Valanciunas also adds 14.2 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.
• McCollum averages 2.8 three-pointers per game.

Recent Performance

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