The Portland Trail Blazers will take on the New Orleans Pelicans at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter. Portland is 23-16 overall and 12-7 at home, while New Orleans is 17-23 overall and 5-13 on the road. The Blazers have won the first two games of the season between the teams.
Portland is favored by one point in the latest Blazers vs. Pelicans odds from William Hill Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 239.5. Before entering any Pelicans vs. Blazers picks, you'll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times, and it returned over $5,000 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks last season. The model is also up over $8,800 on top-rated NBA picks over the past two-plus seasons. Dating back to last season, it enters Week 13 of the 2020-21 NBA schedule on a stunning 88-53 roll on top-rated NBA picks against the spread. Anybody who has followed it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers:
- Blazers vs. Pelicans spread: Trail Blazers -1
- Blazers vs. Pelicans over-under: 239.5 points
What you need to know about the Blazers
In the first of two consecutive games between the teams, the Blazers edged the Pelicans, 125-124 on Tuesday. Damian Lillard finished with 50 points and 10 assists in addition to six boards. He made a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds left to seal the win. Lillard became the fourth player in NBA history with three or more games with 50-plus points and 10 assists. Portland overcame a 17-point deficit points with 5:56 remaining in the game before closing on a 25-9 run.
Lillard went 18-of-18 from the free throw line, and the Blazers made 31-of-31 free throw attempts vs. the Pelicans. They set the franchise records for the most free throws made by a player and the team in a game without a miss. Gary Trent Jr. added 22 points on Tuesday. CJ McCollum returned from a 25-game layoff and scored 10 points. The Blazers have won five of their last seven games.
What you need to know about the Pelicans
Brandon Ingram led the Pelicans with 30 points and six rebounds. Zion Williamson had 28 points and a career-high eight assists. Lonzo Ball scored 11 points and a finished with a season-high 17 assists. He recorded his second double-double of the season. The Pelicans have recorded a franchise-record 76 assists over their last two games.
New Orleans has lost four of its past six games. Williamson has averaged 32,0 points in his two games vs. Portland this season. The Pelicans rank third in the league in points in the paint per game (53.7).
How to make Blazers vs. Pelicans picks
The model has simulated Blazers vs. Pelicans 10,000 times and the results are in. The model is leaning over on the total, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 50 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Blazers vs. Pelicans? And which side of the spread hits in well over 50 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Blazers vs. Pelicans spread to jump on Thursday, all from the model that is on an incredible 88-53 roll.
