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CJ McCollum returns to Portland against a Trailblazers' team that is a loss or two away from the season ending. This is a fair line with McCollum averaging 20.5 points in his last 15 games, but I will take the over with his return to Portland.

Pelicans guard Trey Murphy is shooting 47.3 percent from deep this month after going 10 of 12 from deep on Saturday. I like him to keep scoring in bunches against a subpar Portland defense. The depleted Trail Blazers have given up an average of 119 points over their last three games. Murphy, who at 6-foot-8 has no trouble getting his shot off, has poured in 68 points over his last three. On March 12, he had a 41-point outburst against Portland. Go Over 15.5 points.

Valanciunas is making a push to average at least 10 rebounds per game for the fourth straight season. He has averaged 15.2 rebounds over his last five games, boosting his season average to 9.9 per game. He hauled in at least 12 rebounds and logged at least 28 minutes in all five of those games, despite the Pelicans winning four of them by at least 10 points. With Jusuf Nurkic (knee) likely out again for the Trail Blazers, Valanciunas is poised to have another big night on the glass.

Trey Murphy III is en fuego from downtown in March, making at least three 3-pointers in 11 of his team's 12 games. On Saturday, he went 10 of 12 against the Clippers, notching 32 points in the team's blowout road victory. On March 12th against this same Portland team, Murphy III scored 41 points and hit nine 3-pointers. On the month, he's averaging nearly 36 minutes per game and is also producing nearly six combined rebounds + assists nightly. Against a Blazers team that has pretty much packed it in for the regular season, expect the sharpshooter to keep firing away and likely exceed both his 15.5 point projection and this PRA bet.
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