Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Portland 49-33, New Orleans 48-34
Game 1 on Saturday 14 April: New Orleans wins at Portland, 97-pts-95
Game 2 on Tuesday 17 April: New Orleans wins at Portland, 111-pts-102
Game 3 on Thursday 19 April: Portland loses at New Orleans, 119-pts-102
Game 4 on Saturday 21 April: Portland loses at New Orleans, 131-pts-123

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The New Orleans Pelicans hosted and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 131-pts-123 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1374 victory. With the series 1374 win, the New Orleans Pelicans improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 1-1 overall and 1-1 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1374 loss, the Portland Trailblazers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 12-17 overall and 2-7 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious New Orleans Pelicans in series 1374 was WWWW: Series 1374 thus becomes the 26th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 79th NBA series (all rounds), and the 225th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With their series 1374 loss, the Portland Trailblazers have now lost ten consecutive best-of-7 NBA playoff games.

After Game 3: The New Orleans Pelicans hosted and topped the Portland Trailblazers 119-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1374 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0 (having only trailed a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-nil before). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 0-7 and a Game 4 record of 5-2. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-nil (as they do in series 1374), the Portland Trailblazers have a 0-7 series record, but they are the last team to take such a series the full seven games (in series 894, in the 2003 NBA Preliminary round against the Dallas Mavericks).

After Game 2: The New Orleans Pelicans visited and topped the Portland Trailblazers 111-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1374 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-0; the 2-games-nil series 1374 lead is the first for New Orleans as the Pelicans. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 2-9 and a Game 3 record of 4-7. New Orleans trailed the Trailblazers in Portland by five points at halftime of series 1374 Game 2. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, road teams down by five points at halftime had a game record of only 27-110 (.197) prior to the Pelicans win.

After Game 1: The New Orleans Pelicans visited and bested the Portland Trailblazers 97-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1374 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New Orleans Pelicans have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 2 record of 0-0 (having never previously led a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil before as the New Orleans Pelicans). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 3-15 and a Game 2 record of 7-11 with an active six-Game 2 losing streak. The old New Orleans Hornets had a 1-2 series record and a 2-1 Game 2 record upon winning Game 1 of a best-of-7 NBA playoff series. The old Charlotte Hornets (I) had a 0-4 Game 1 record in best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Portland Trailblazers finished one game ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans. From 1947 through the 2017 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season game, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 18-21 (.461) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1374 is the 29th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Portland Trailblazers, and the second for the New Orleans Pelicans. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Portland Trailblazers have an all-rounds series record of 12-16, a Preliminary-round series record of 2-6, and a Game 1 record of 10-18 with an active five-Game 1 losing streak, while the New Orleans Pelicans have an all-rounds series record of 0-1, a Preliminary-round series record of 0-1, and a Game 1 record of 0-1. Series 1374 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Portland Trailblazers and the New Orleans Pelicans.