[10:00 PM] Pelicans @ Trail Blazers

Who will WIN this matchup?

New Orleans Pelicans (6-10)

@ Portland Trail Blazers (8-9)

 

• Anthony Davis scored 45 points in Wednesday’s 117-96 rout of the Minnesota Timberwolves for his third 40-point outing of the season and 10th of his career.

• Portland didn’t play a very good brand of defense in Wednesday’s 137-125 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers as it watched Kevin Love score 34 first-quarter points on his way to 40. The Trail Blazers are losers of five of their past six games and allowed an average of 117.5 points during the stretch.

• Portland didn’t play a very good brand of defense in Wednesday’s 137-125 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers as it watched Kevin Love score 34 first-quarter points on his way to 40. The Trail Blazers are losers of five of their past six games and allowed an average of 117.5 points during the stretch.

• Portland scores a lot of points but its defense is among the worst in the league so far, and that was evident again when it allowed a season-worst 137 points to Cleveland. Not only did Love score at will in the first quarter, but the Cavaliers knocked down 21 3-pointers as the Trail Blazers allowed 120 or more points for the fifth time this season. Star point guard Damian Lillard scored 40 points – two shy of his season high – and posted a season-best 11 assists for his first double-double.

• The Pelicans won two of the last three meetings after dropping the previous seven.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Portland Trail Blazers

Confidence: 5/10

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