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Portland Trail Blazers vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The Portland Trail Blazers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Pelicans as -16-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 222.
Last time out for New Orleans, they were a 123-109 winner as they battled the Kings on the road. The Pelicans covered in the match as a -7.5-point favorite, while 232 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors.
In their last action, Portland was a 98-94 loser on the road against the Thunder. They failed to cover the +3.5-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (192) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Portland:
Team record: 27-48 SU,29-46 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
Portland is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
Portland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Portland's last 8 games
New Orleans:
Team record: 32-43 SU,38-36-1 ATS
New Orleans is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games
New Orleans is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 6 games
Next up:
Portland at Dallas Friday, April 8
New Orleans at Memphis Saturday, April 9