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Portland Trail Blazers vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The Portland Trail Blazers and the New Orleans Pelicans will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Trail Blazers as -6.5-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 230.5.
In their last action, New Orleans was a 121-98 loser on the road against the Suns. They failed to cover the +8-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (219) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Last time out for Portland, they were a 115-112 loser as they battled the Magic on the road. The Trail Blazers failed to cover in the match as a +2-point underdog, while 227 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
Portland:
Team record: 5-5 SU,6-4 ATS
Portland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 7 games
Portland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
New Orleans:
Team record: 2-8 SU,5-5 ATS
New Orleans is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
New Orleans is 2-15 SU in its last 17 games
New Orleans is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home
Next up:
Portland at Houston Friday, November 14
New Orleans home to Los Angeles Friday, November 14