Portland Trail Blazers vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 11/12/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Gulf Coast Sports

Smoothie King Center is the location where the New Orleans Pelicans (2-7) will try to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (5-4) on Wednesday.

The Trail Blazers faced the Heat and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 136-131 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Trail Blazers finished with 32 while the Heat accounted for 23 personal fouls. They also made 10 out of their 35 attempts from distance. Miami ended up going 77.8% when shooting free throws by knocking down 28 of 36 tries. Furthermore, Miami pulled down 47 boards (12 offensive, 35 defensive) and added 4 rejections. Miami distributed 37 dimes and had 17 steals for this contest. Pertaining to defense, Portland allowed the other team to shoot 51.0% from the floor on 49 out of 96 shooting. They also doled out 29 assists for this game as well as forcing 15 turnovers and having 8 steals. When talking about rebounding, they collected a total of 57 with 22 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Trail Blazers made 19 of 23 shots for a rate of 82.6%. Portland ended with a 45.0% field goal percentage (49 out of 109) and buried 14 of their 51 shots from distance.

Deni Avdija is a guy who was a major factor for the game. He left the arena with 33 points on 12 of 21 shooting. He was on the court for 37 minutes played and also collected 11 boards. Avdija finished 57.1% from the field and also distributed 8 assists.

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Portland comes into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 5-4 on the year. They turn it over 17.4 times per contest and as a unit are committing 23.8 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Portland is pulling down 43.8 rebounds per contest and has earned 239 dimes for the year, which is 23rd in basketball in terms of passing. The Trail Blazers are connecting on 33.0% on shots from 3-point land (128 of 388) and 83.3% from the free throw line. They are averaging 121.6 points per outing (6th in the league) while hitting 44.6% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Trail Blazers are able to force 20.1 turnovers every game and they draw 23.8 fouls. They are conceding 35.8% on 3-point shots and they rank 24th in the league in PPG allowed (119.8). The Trail Blazers are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 49.2% (377 of 767) and they relinquish 44.1 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are currently ranked 5th in the NBA in allowing assists with 233 relinquished this season.

The last time they took the court, the Pelicans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 126-119 when they played the Spurs. The Pelicans collected 29 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 40 for the contest. They also turned it over 12 times, while recording 7 steals in this game. The Spurs committed 20 fouls in the matchup which got the Pelicans to the free throw line for 17 attempts. They were able to make 14 of those for a rate of 82.4%. When it comes to shooting from downtown, New Orleans buried 15 of 38 tries (39.5%). When the final whistle blew, the Pelicans ended up going 45 out of 94 from the floor which had them shooting 47.9%. The Pelicans permitted the Spurs to bury 48 out of their 90 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 53.3% for this game. They wrapped up this game 35.0% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 14 of 40 and finished the game at 16 out of 18 at the charity stripe (88.9%). When it comes to cleaning up the glass, New Orleans allowed San Antonio to collect 43 overall (10 offensive).

Trey Murphy III ended up having an impact for the Pelicans for this game. He knocked down 15 of 22 in the matchup for a rate of 68.2%, and had 9 rebounds. Murphy racked up 41 points in his 38 mins on the court and totaled 3 dimes in this contest.

New Orleans has a record of 2-7 on the season. As an offensive unit, the Pelicans are shooting 43.5% from the floor, which is ranked 28th in basketball. New Orleans has earned 982 pts this year (109.1 per game) and they collect 42.1 rebounds per contest. They are dishing out assists 22.7 times per contest (30th in the league) and they turn it over 14.6 times per game. The Pelicans commit 20.2 fouls every game and they connect on 74.8% from the charity stripe.

The Pelicans defensively are ranked 27th in the league in points given up per game with 121.3. They have forced 14.9 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 49.8% from the floor (28th in the league). The New Orleans defense surrenders 34.4% on shots from distance (128 of 372) and their opponents are making 80.6% of their free throw shots. They concede 26.7 dimes and 47.0 rebounds per game, which has them ranked 20th and 25th in the league.

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland

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