Blazers, Pelicans meet in game with play-in implications
The Portland Trail Blazers will visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night with both teams needing to catch up if they're going to qualify for the Western Conference play-in round.
The Blazers sit in 13th place, one game behind 11th-place New Orleans and Oklahoma City. Those teams are a half-game back of the Utah Jazz for the final spot in the four-team play-in.
Portland is trying to finish .500 on a six-game trip a