The New Orleans Pelicans will open their first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night at 9:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN, Fox Sports New Orleans and WRNO-99.5. The Pelicans won their final five games of the regular season to finish 48-34 and earn the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
The Blazers finished 49-33 and are the third seed. It is New Orleans' first playoff appearance since 2015.
The complete series schedule is below:
Game 1. Saturday, April 14, New Orleans at Portland. 9:30 p.m., ESPN, Fox Sports
Game 2.