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It’s Wednesday, January 8, and the Portland Trail Blazers (12-23) and New Orleans Pelicans (7-30) are set to leave the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
New Orleans lost last night at home to the Timberwolves, 104-97. Zion Williamson had 22 on 9-of-15 shooting in the loss. The Blazers lost in Motown on Monday night to the Pistons 118-115. Anfernee Simons had 36 in the loss.
The Trail Blazers are currently 4-15 on the road with a -10.1 point differential, while the Pelicans are 2-8 in their last ten home games.
We’ve got all the information and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest on how to catch the tip, odds, recent team performance, player stats and of course our predictions, picks and best bets for the game from our modeling tools and expert staff.
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Game details on: Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans today
- Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Time: 8:00 pm EST
- Location: Smoothie King Center
- City: New Orleans, LA
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Game odds for Trail Blazers vs Pelicans
Latest odds from Wednesday:
- Odds: Portland Trail Blazers (+110), New Orleans Pelicans (-130)
- Extension: Pelicans -2
- Plus/minus: 225 points
That gives the Trail Blazers an implied team point total of 112.02, and the Pelicans 113.07.
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Expert picks and predictions for Wednesday’s Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans game
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Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) likes points and the Trail Blazers: Portland Trail Blazers +2
“The Pels are still a little lost as they try to integrate their key players into a broken system. The rested Blazers can take advantage of that in a competitive contest.”
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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bets for each game on the NBA schedule based on data points such as recent performance, player matchups, trend information and projected game totals.
After the model has finished running, we put its projections next to the last betting lines so that the game reaches a relative confidence level for each bet.
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for today’s Trail Blazers & Pelicans game:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is leaning toward a play on the New Orleans Pelicans at Moneyline.
- Spread: NBC Sports Bet recommends an ATS game on the Portland Trail Blazers at +2.
- Total: NBC Sports Bet is leaning toward an UNDER play with the game total of 225.
Want even more of the best NBA bets and predictions from our expert staff and tools? Take a look at the NBA expert predictions page of NBC Sports money line, spread picks and over/under for every game on today’s schedule!
Important stats, trends and knowledge to know before Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans Wednesday
- The Trail Blazers have lost 15 of their 19 road games this season
- The UNDER is 21-18 in Pelicans home games and Trail Blazers road games combined this season
- The Trail Blazers have covered the spread in 4 of their last 5 road games against teams with worse records.
- The Pelicans have won 12 of their last 20 home games against teams with losing records
If you’re looking for more trends and key stats on the spread, moneyline and total for each game on today’s schedule, check out our NBA’s top trending tool on NBC Sports!
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