New Orleans Pelicans vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction: will the Pelicans level the score with the Blazers?

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The Pelicans recently broke their losing streak by beating the last team of the Eastern Conference, Washington, twice - 132:120 at home and 110:98 away. However, then, Willie Green's team may have already started a new series of failures. On the home floor, the Pelicans lost to Minnesota - 97:104. New Orleans lost to the opponent in all key indicators - 23:26 in assists, 46:53 in rebounds, 12:15 in accurate three-pointers.

The Pelicans have only 7 wins in 37 games since the start of the season. This is by far the worst result in the Western Conference. We should also note that New Orleans is only 26th in the offensive rating, scoring only 107.5 points per game on average.

The Trail Blazers are currently 25th in offensive efficiency, scoring only slightly more than the Pelicans - 108.1 points per game. However, Portland has five more wins than Orleans. The balance is 12-23. The team is 5.5 wins behind the top-10, the play-in zone, of the Western Conference and theoretically can still get into the playoff race.

In the previous game, Portland failed on the road against Detroit, although it was close to success - 115:118. But before that, the Trail Blazers beat the powerful Milwaukee on the road - 105:102.

New Orleans has a purely positive balance of wins in matches with Portland in recent years, but specifically this season the Pelicans does not succeed. Including in the confrontation with the Trail Blazers, to whom Willie Green's team lost two out of three games. We believe that the Pelicans will fail and lose in the upcoming game, and the game will be a low-scoring affair, as both teams are ranked in the middle of the top-three in offensive rating.