3/16/2024 New Orleans v. Portland Game Preview

Portland Trail Blazers (19-48, 8-24 away)
New Orleans Pelicans (41-26, 20-13 home)
March 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights for March 16

The New Orleans Pelicans (40-26) go head to head with the Portland Trail Blazers (19-47) at 7:00 PM ET on Saturday, March 16, 2024. The matchup airs on BSNO and ROOT Sports NW+.

The Pelicans are double-digit favorites versus the Trail Blazers, with the current spread being 13.5 points. This matchup has 215.5 points as its over/under.

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Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers game info

  • Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024
  • Time: 7:00 PM ET
  • How to Watch on TV: BSNO and ROOT Sports NW+
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
  • Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Venue: Smoothie King Center
  • Spread: New Orleans -13.5
  • Moneylines: New Orleans -982, Portland +642
  • Total: 215.5 points

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Prediction: Who will win the Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers game?

  • Prediction: Pelicans 121 - Trail Blazers 104
  • Pick ATS: Pelicans (- 13.5)
  • Pick OU: Over (215.5)

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Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers Odds, Spread, Over/Under

Favorite Spread Total
Pelicans -13.5 215.5

Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers betting insights

  • Against the spread, New Orleans is 37-27-2 this year.
  • The Pelicans have no wins ATS (0-1) as a 13.5-point favorite or greater this season.
  • Portland's record against the spread is 32-33-1.
  • The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 6-2 as 13.5-point underdogs or greater.
  • In 51 games this year, New Orleans and its opponent have combined for more than 215.5 points.
  • Trail Blazers games have gone over 215.5 points on 43 occasions this year.
  • These teams score 223.7 points per game combined, higher than the over/under for this matchup by 8.2.

Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers stat comparison

Pelicans Rank Pelicans AVG Trail Blazers AVG Trail Blazers Rank
13th 116 Points Scored 107.7 28th
8th 111.1 Points Allowed 115.7 17th
7th 44.6 Rebounds 42.1 24th
12th 10.8 Off. Rebounds 12.3 4th
17th 12.3 3pt Made 11.7 24th
11th 27 Assists 22.9 30th
13th 12.6 Turnovers 14.3 26th

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Pelicans top performers

  • Brandon Ingram: 21.2 PTS, 5.9 AST, 49.1 FG%, 36.4 3PT% (83-for-228)
  • Zion Williamson: 22.5 PTS, 5.1 AST, 58.0 FG%, 35.7 3PT% (5-for-14)
  • Jonas Valančiūnas: 12.9 PTS, 9.4 REB, 55.8 FG%, 35.3 3PT% (36-for-102)
  • CJ McCollum: 18.1 PTS, 45.2 FG%, 40.7 3PT% (160-for-393)
  • Herbert Jones: 11.0 PTS, 1.3 STL, 51.4 FG%, 43.4 3PT% (92-for-212)

Trail Blazers top performers

  • Jerami Grant: 21.0 PTS, 45.1 FG%, 40.2 3PT% (111-for-276)
  • Deandre Ayton: 15.6 PTS, 11.1 REB, 57.6 FG%
  • Anfernee Simons: 23.0 PTS, 5.5 AST, 42.9 FG%, 38.7 3PT% (144-for-372)
  • Jabari Walker: 8.5 PTS, 46.9 FG%, 26.4 3PT% (28-for-106)
  • Toumani Camara: 7.3 PTS, 43.9 FG%, 32.5 3PT% (49-for-151)
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Season Series - New Orleans won 3-0

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 10, 2024 New Orleans Portland 93 - 84 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 16, 2024 Portland New Orleans 107 - 126 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 9, 2024 New Orleans Portland 110 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center

2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Portland8248.5106.439.489.7.43911.533.2.34516.220.5.79112.630.142.723.17.64.315.220.2
New Orleans8248.0115.142.587.4.48612.532.6.38317.622.8.77110.433.644.027.08.34.613.018.4
POR Opponents8248.5115.442.586.6.49111.733.3.35118.723.6.79210.633.243.827.18.96.414.317.9
NOP Opponents8248.0110.740.587.3.46413.538.7.34916.220.7.78310.132.242.326.86.55.214.018.4


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 10, 2024 New Orleans Portland 93 - 84 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 27, 2023 New Orleans Portland 124 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 12, 2023 Portland New Orleans 110 - 127 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 1, 2023 New Orleans Portland 121 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 10, 2022 Portland New Orleans 106 - 95 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 7, 2022 Portland New Orleans 94 - 127 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 30, 2022 New Orleans Portland 117 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Dec 21, 2021 Portland New Orleans 97 - 111 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 18, 2021 New Orleans Portland 93 - 101 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 16, 2021 New Orleans Portland 124 - 125 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 17, 2021 Portland New Orleans 126 - 124 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 21, 2020 New Orleans Portland 128 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 11, 2020 Portland New Orleans 117 - 138 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2019 New Orleans Portland 102 - 94 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 19, 2019 Portland New Orleans 104 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 15, 2019 Portland New Orleans 122 - 110 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 18, 2019 New Orleans Portland 112 - 128 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 1, 2018 New Orleans Portland 119 - 132 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 21, 2018 Portland New Orleans 123 - 131 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 19, 2018 Portland New Orleans 102 - 119 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 17, 2018 New Orleans Portland 111 - 102 New Orleans Playoffs Moda Center
Apr 14, 2018 New Orleans Portland 97 - 95 New Orleans Playoffs Moda Center
Mar 27, 2018 Portland New Orleans 107 - 103 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 12, 2018 Portland New Orleans 113 - 119 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 2, 2017 New Orleans Portland 123 - 116 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Oct 24, 2017 New Orleans Portland 93 - 103 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 12, 2017 New Orleans Portland 103 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 14, 2017 Portland New Orleans 77 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 25, 2016 New Orleans Portland 104 - 119 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 18, 2016 Portland New Orleans 101 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 18, 2016 Portland New Orleans 117 - 112 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2015 Portland New Orleans 89 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 14, 2015 New Orleans Portland 101 - 105 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Oct 28, 2015 New Orleans Portland 94 - 112 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 4, 2015 New Orleans Portland 90 - 99 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Dec 20, 2014 Portland New Orleans 114 - 88 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 17, 2014 New Orleans Portland 93 - 102 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 6, 2014 New Orleans Portland 94 - 100 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 14, 2014 Portland New Orleans 111 - 103 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 30, 2013 Portland New Orleans 108 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 21, 2013 New Orleans Portland 107 - 110 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 10, 2013 Portland New Orleans 96 - 98 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 13, 2013 Portland New Orleans 63 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 16, 2012 New Orleans Portland 94 - 95 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 29, 2012 New Orleans Portland 93 - 99 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Mar 5, 2012 New Orleans Portland 74 - 86 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 10, 2012 Portland New Orleans 94 - 86 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 16, 2012 Portland New Orleans 84 - 77 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 30, 2011 Portland New Orleans 91 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 16, 2011 New Orleans Portland 96 - 103 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 26, 2010 New Orleans Portland 97 - 78 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 13, 2010 Portland New Orleans 87 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 27, 2010 Portland New Orleans 112 - 101 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 25, 2010 New Orleans Portland 98 - 97 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 13, 2009 Portland New Orleans 86 - 78 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2009 Portland New Orleans 97 - 89 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 2, 2009 New Orleans Portland 92 - 77 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 28, 2008 New Orleans Portland 86 - 101 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 14, 2008 Portland New Orleans 82 - 87 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2008 Portland New Orleans 81 - 96 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 17, 2007 New Orleans Portland 76 - 88 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 7, 2007 New Orleans Portland 90 - 93 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 2, 2007 Portland New Orleans 93 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2007 Portland New Orleans 91 - 103 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Dec 27, 2006 New Orleans Portland 85 - 100 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 10, 2006 New Orleans Portland 91 - 92 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 26, 2006 New Orleans Portland 88 - 75 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Feb 15, 2006 Portland New Orleans 86 - 102 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Jan 6, 2006 Portland New Orleans 80 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Dec 9, 2005 New Orleans Portland 95 - 98 Portland Regular Season Moda Center
Apr 10, 2005 Portland New Orleans 90 - 81 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 9, 2005 New Orleans Portland 91 - 80 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Jan 14, 2005 Portland New Orleans 106 - 112 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 3, 2004 New Orleans Portland 94 - 81 New Orleans Regular Season Moda Center
Nov 15, 2003 Portland New Orleans 79 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 24, 2003 Portland New Orleans 97 - 96 Portland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 17, 2002 New Orleans Portland 93 - 102 Portland Regular Season Moda Center

2023-2024 Portland Trail Blazers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Henderson A. Simons T. Camara J. Grant D. Ayton
Rotation D. Banton S. Sharpe M. Thybulle J. Walker R. Williams
Rotation M. Brogdon R. Rupert K. Murray   D. Reath
Rotation A. Hagans   J. Minaya   I. Badji
Lim PT         M. Brown

2023-2024 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. McCollum H. Jones Z. Williamson T. Murphy III J. Valanciunas
Rotation J. Alvarado D. Daniels B. Ingram   L. Nance, Jr.
Rotation     N. Marshall    
Lim PT   J. Hawkins M. Ryan J. Robinson-Earl C. Zeller
Lim PT   M. Hill   E. Liddell  
Lim PT   D. Seabron      

Portland Trail Blazers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
2 Deandre Ayton C 55 32.4 16.7 7.8 13.6 .570 0.0 0.2 .100 1.2 1.4 .823 3.2 7.9 11.1 1.6 1.0 0.8 1.8 2.0
41 Ibou Badji C 22 10.3 1.5 0.6 1.0 .636 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .500 0.9 1.4 2.3 0.6 0.1 0.9 0.7 2.1
5 Dalano Banton PG 30 29.2 16.7 6.1 15.0 .408 1.9 6.1 .311 2.6 3.3 .780 1.0 3.8 4.8 3.6 0.9 0.6 2.2 1.5
11 Malcolm Brogdon SG 39 28.7 15.7 5.6 12.7 .440 2.1 5.1 .412 2.4 3.0 .819 0.7 3.1 3.8 5.5 0.7 0.2 1.5 1.5
10 Moses Brown C 22 9.1 3.4 1.5 3.0 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 1.4 .290 1.7 2.2 3.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.2
33 Toumani Camara SF 70 24.8 7.5 2.8 6.3 .450 0.8 2.5 .337 1.1 1.4 .758 2.0 2.9 4.9 1.2 0.9 0.5 1.2 2.5
9 Jerami Grant F 54 33.9 21.0 7.1 15.7 .451 2.1 5.1 .402 4.7 5.8 .817 0.7 2.9 3.5 2.8 0.8 0.6 2.1 2.2
22 Ashton Hagans PG 19 16.6 4.2 1.5 3.7 .408 0.4 1.3 .320 0.7 0.9 .824 0.7 1.6 2.4 2.8 0.6 0.5 1.6 2.1
00 Scoot Henderson G 62 28.5 14.0 5.0 12.9 .385 1.4 4.3 .325 2.7 3.3 .819 0.9 2.3 3.1 5.4 0.8 0.2 3.4 3.1
24 Justin Minaya F 34 11.2 1.8 0.6 2.2 .297 0.4 1.4 .245 0.1 0.3 .556 0.9 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.0
8 Kris Murray F 62 21.7 6.1 2.3 5.9 .396 0.8 3.0 .268 0.6 0.9 .661 1.4 2.2 3.6 1.3 0.9 0.3 0.9 1.5
26 Duop Reath C 68 17.9 9.1 3.4 7.3 .461 1.3 3.6 .359 1.0 1.4 .742 1.4 2.3 3.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.4
72 Rayan Rupert G 39 16.2 4.0 1.4 4.1 .335 0.7 2.0 .359 0.5 0.6 .760 0.6 1.7 2.4 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.4
17 Shaedon Sharpe F 32 33.1 15.9 5.5 13.6 .406 1.9 5.6 .333 3.1 3.7 .824 1.3 3.7 5.0 2.9 0.9 0.4 2.2 2.8
1 Anfernee Simons SG 46 34.4 22.6 7.8 18.2 .430 3.4 8.8 .385 3.5 3.9 .916 0.5 3.2 3.6 5.5 0.5 0.1 2.7 2.1
4 Matisse Thybulle SF 65 22.9 5.4 1.9 4.9 .397 1.2 3.6 .346 0.3 0.4 .759 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.4 1.7 0.8 0.6 1.4
34 Jabari Walker F 72 23.6 8.9 3.2 7.1 .460 0.6 1.9 .295 1.8 2.4 .754 2.1 5.0 7.1 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.4
35 Robert Williams PF 6 19.8 6.8 2.8 4.3 .654 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.5 .778 1.8 4.5 6.3 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.8

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
15 Jose Alvarado G 56 18.4 7.1 2.5 6.2 .412 1.4 3.7 .377 0.6 0.9 .673 0.4 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.7 1.6
11 Dyson Daniels GF 61 22.3 5.8 2.3 5.1 .447 0.7 2.2 .311 0.6 0.9 .642 1.0 2.9 3.9 2.7 1.4 0.4 1.0 1.7
24 Jordan Hawkins G 67 17.3 7.8 2.6 6.8 .382 1.6 4.4 .366 1.0 1.2 .838 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1
33 Malcolm Hill G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Brandon Ingram SF 64 32.9 20.8 7.8 15.9 .492 1.3 3.8 .355 3.8 4.8 .801 0.7 4.4 5.1 5.7 0.8 0.6 2.5 2.3
5 Herb Jones SF 76 30.5 11.0 3.9 7.7 .498 1.5 3.6 .418 1.8 2.1 .867 1.0 2.6 3.6 2.6 1.4 0.8 1.2 2.9
32 E.J. Liddell PF 8 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 .167 0.0 0.6 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
8 Naji Marshall SF 66 19.0 7.1 2.6 5.6 .463 0.9 2.3 .387 1.0 1.3 .791 0.8 2.8 3.6 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.0 1.4
3 C.J. McCollum G 66 32.7 20.0 7.3 16.0 .459 3.6 8.4 .429 1.7 2.1 .827 0.6 3.7 4.3 4.6 0.9 0.6 1.7 1.9
25 Trey Murphy III G 57 29.7 14.8 4.8 10.9 .443 3.0 7.8 .380 2.2 2.6 .815 0.7 4.2 4.9 2.2 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.2
22 Larry Nance, Jr. SF 61 19.9 5.7 2.3 4.0 .573 0.4 1.1 .415 0.8 1.0 .770 1.5 3.5 5.0 1.9 1.0 0.3 0.8 1.6
50 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl PF 39 8.6 2.9 1.2 2.4 .474 0.3 1.0 .333 0.3 0.4 .750 0.6 1.4 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6
37 Matt Ryan SF 28 13.9 5.4 1.8 4.0 .434 1.5 3.2 .451 0.5 0.5 .929 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.1
0 Dereon Seabron SG 6 9.2 2.3 0.7 2.2 .308 0.2 0.3 .500 0.8 1.0 .833 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7
17 Jonas Valanciunas C 82 23.5 12.2 4.9 8.8 .559 0.5 1.5 .308 2.0 2.5 .785 2.3 6.5 8.8 2.1 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.7
1 Zion Williamson PF 70 31.5 22.9 8.9 15.6 .570 0.1 0.3 .333 5.0 7.1 .702 1.7 4.1 5.8 5.0 1.1 0.7 2.8 2.3
40 Cody Zeller F 43 7.4 1.8 0.6 1.4 .419 0.0 0.1 .333 0.5 0.9 .605 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0

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