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Trail Blazers at Pelicans · Wed, Jan 6 · 8:00 PM ET

Portland at New Orleans. Here is where each team has the edge.

PortlandNew Orleans

8:00 PM ET
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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Trail Blazers edges

  • On offensePortland's offense crashes the offensive glass (2nd) against a New Orleans defense that gives up second chances (28th).

Pelicans edges

No clear mismatch in New Orleans' favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
PORRankStatRankNOP
115.321stOffensive rating20th115.4
115.614thDefensive rating25th119.9
-0.319thNet rating21st-4.5
99.89thPace11th99.5
53.422ndEffective FG %27th52.7
14.030thTurnover %9th11.7
31.32ndOffensive rebound %8th27.0
21.412thFree throw rate6th22.2
54.110thOpponent eFG %22nd55.5
13.07thForced turnover %19th11.8
72.725thDefensive rebound %28th71.4
21.519thOpponent FT rate13th19.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Trail Blazers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. W
  5. L
  6. W
  7. W
  8. W
  9. L
  10. L

Pelicans1-9 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  10. L

2025-26 series: Wed, Nov 12 POR 125, NOP 117 · Thu, Dec 11 POR 120, NOP 143 · Fri, Jan 2 POR 122, NOP 109 · Thu, Apr 2 NOP 106, POR 118

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers