3 Bold Predictions for Pelicans vs Trail Blazers (Big Brandon Ingram Bet)

The Pelicans travel to Portland tonight looking for their first win since mid-February.

Playing without Zion Williamson hasn’t been easy on New Orleans, which is 13-20 without it star player this season.

They’ll be matching up with a Portland team that is also pretty reliant on its own superstar, Damian Lillard, who scored 71 (!!) points in Sunday’s win over Houston.

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3 Bold Predictions for Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers

Each game is important for both of these teams as they fight for a spot in the play-in tournament in a wild Western Conference.

These teams have only matched up once, resulting in a 106-95 win for Portland in early November, but they’ll face each other THREE times this month.

Here are three bold predictions for tonight’s Western Conference showdown:

Brandon Ingram to score 35+ points (+500)

Without Zion Williamson on the court, the Pelicans need a scorer they can turn to and Ingram isn’t a bad option. After returning from injury in later January, Ingram averaged 28.3 points per game this past month as the top offensive option for New Orleans.

Scoring 35+ points means that Ingram will have to have one of his better nights of the season, but it’s not out of reach. Ingram scored 35+ points twice in February and nearly got to that mark two other times with a 30-point performance and a 34-point night, too.

If New Orleans is going to keep up with the high-volume shooting of Portland, Ingram will have to score a ton of points.

Damian Lillard to score 40+ points (+185)

Lillard has been shooting at an INSANE volume lately, evidenced by his 22-of-38 shooting night against the Rockets on Sunday.

Lillard has attempted at least 21 shots in the past three games, and I don’t think that stops tonight, especially with Anfernee Simons and Justise Winslow ruled out.

Portland desperately needs every game and Lillard has been a beast at home this season where he’s averaged 33.9 points per game.

Without two solid scorers, it’s not a stretch to see Lillard bump that number up roughly six more points.

Alternate Spread Trail Blazers -9.5 (+255)

The last time these two teams played, Portland won by 11 in a game where Lillard didn’t play and Williamson did.

When you couple this with the fact that New Orleans is 4-15 over its last 19 games, it’s easy to see how the Trail Blazers not only win but cover this alternate line, too.

Take the Trail Blazers at home where they are 17-14 this season, compared to the Pelicans, who are just 10-21 on the road.

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