The Portland Trail Blazers head into a first-round matchup in the NBA Playoffs against the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday (full schedule here). The Blazers have home-court advantage, and they earned the third overall seed in the Western Conference by beating the Utah Jazz.
It took the Blazers several games to finally secure home-court advantage, with some disappointing losses in the playoff stretch. But the Blazers looked back to normal against the Jazz, and Paul Kasabian of Bleacher Report is buying them in seven games over the Pelicans:
The Portland Trail Blazers have no answer for Anthony Davis, who posted an average of 36 points, 11.