The Trail Blazers beat the Hornets 105-95 last game to win two straight games.
So far this season, Lillard is averaging 28.6 points and 5.1 assists, Anferne Simmons is averaging 22 points, Grant is averaging 18.4 points, Nurkic is averaging 13 points and 11.2 rebounds, Sheldon Sharp is averaging 9.4 points, Josh Hart is averaging 8.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, and Winslow is averaging 7.5 points per game. So far this season, the Trail Blazers have conceded 107.6 points per game and 7th in the league, including 103.7 points per game on the road, compared to just 102.5 points per game in the past four games. So far this season, the Trail Blazers are averaging 11.7 three-pointers per game, ranking fifth in the league at 38.7 percent from three-point range. So far this season, the Trail Blazers have a 5-1 record on the road, averaging 0.7 points per game, with five games won by the index.
Expected starters: Lillard, Anfernee Simmons, Josh Hart, Grant, Nurkic
Grant (18.4 points per game) and Nurkic (13 points and 11.2 rebounds per game) missed the game due to injury. So far this season, the Trail Blazers are 23rd in the league with 109.4 points per game, with 104.3 points per game away from home. The Trail Blazers have just a 1-4 record in their last five road games against the Pelicans, averaging a net minus of 15.4 points per game. Payton Jr. (who averaged 7.1 points per game in the regular season last season) underwent surgery to repair his core muscles in July and is due to make his season debut against the Spurs as early as Nov. 16. So far this season, the Trail Blazers have averaged 16.3 turnovers per game and 17.5% of the highest in the league.
Team injuries: Sal (wrist), Payton Jr. (abdomen), Grant (sprained left ankle, daily observation), Nurkic (right adductor muscle soreness, daily observation), Keane Johnson (hip, daily observation)
The Pelicans beat the Bulls 115-111 last game, ending a two-game losing streak.
So far this season, Williamson is averaging 22.7 points and 6.7 rebounds, Ingram is averaging 22.7 points and 4.1 assists, McCollum is averaging 19.1 points and 62 assists, Valanciunas is averaging 15 points and 10.5 rebounds, Trae Murphy is averaging 11.5 points and Herbert Jones is averaging 11.1 points. So far this season, the Pelicans are averaging 118.2 points per game and third in the league, including 116 at home.
So far this season, the Pelicans have averaged 57.8 interior points per game, ranking first in the league, with Williamson averaging 17.8 interior points per game, ranking second in the league. The Pelicans have won their last two home games and averaged 5.5 points per game. The two teams met three times in the regular season last season, with the Pelicans winning all three games to average 19 points per game.
Expected starters: McCollum, Herbert Jones, Ingram, Williamson, Valanciunas
The Pelicans shot 3-of-19 from three-point range last game and shot just 15.8 percent from three-point range. So far this season, the Pelicans are averaging 27.7 three-pointers per game, ranking 30th in the league with 10.4 three-pointers per game, and 37.4 percent from three-point range. Nance Jr. (9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game) missed the game with a left knee injury. McCollum has averaged just eight points per game in the last two games, shooting 6-of-24 from the field for 25 percent from the field and 2-of-10 from three-point range for 20 percent from three-point range.
Team injuries: Kira Lewis Jr. (right knee anterior cruciate ligament tear and medial collateral ligament secondary strain), EJ Liddell (right anterior cruciate ligament tear), Nance Jr. (left knee), Temple (personal causes)
The Pelicans are 6-5 and 8th in the West, and the Trail Blazers are 8-3 in the West
Pelicans vs Trail Blazers (-6.5)
Cameroon's 26-man World Cup roster (average age: 26.27 years):
goalkeeper
Onana (26/Inter), Epsey (29/Abha), Ngapandunbu (19/Marseille)
fullback
Castellotto (27/Nantes), Ebers (23/Udinese), Collins-Fay (30/Altai), Mbaizzo (25/Philadelphia United), Nuhu Tolo (25/Seattle Sounders), Nkuroux (32/Ellis), Christopher Wu (21/Rennes)
midfielder
Entecham (26/Swansea), Gail Ondoa (27/Hannover 96), Hogra (24/Verona), Pierre Kunde (27/Olympiacos), Om Gbit (24/Mechelen), Anguisa (26/Naples), Ngoam Mbekeli (24/Krombe FC)
striker
Ngamaleu (28/Dynamo Moscow), Nkudu (27/Besiktas), Abubakar (30/Riyadh Victory), Ekamby (30/Lyon), Jean Nsamy (29/young), Mbemo (23/Brentford), Shupo Moting (33/Bayern), Bassogo (27/Shanghai Shenhua), Maru Soeb (21/Cotton Sport)