After watching what was left of his team go through a rare practice earlier this week, Tiago Splitter couldn’t help but lament the obvious.

“Injuries are a big thing right now,” the Portland Trail Blazers acting coach said. “We’ve got to get guys healthy. We’ve got to get our mojo together and be able to compete for 48 minutes. And that’s what I’m waiting for, to get the guys back.”

The guys were not back Thursday.

And it was painfully obvious.

The woeful New Orleans Pelicans feasted on the injury-ravaged Blazers at Smoothie King Center, bulldozing their way to a 143-120 win in New Orleans.

The runaway victory ended a seven-game losing streak for the Pelicans (4-22), who entered the game with the worst record in the NBA, and it sent the Blazers (9-16) back to Portland desperate for good news on the injury front.

The Blazers not only played without all three of their point guards, which they have done for weeks, but also all three of their traditional centers, as Donovan Clingan (left leg contusion), Robert Williams III (illness) and Yang Hansen (face contusion) missed the game with a mix of injuries and illnesses. The Blazers had just 10 players available Thursday night.

The inside void was obvious as the Pelicans punished Portland’s razor-thin frontcourt with a barrage of driving layups, highlight-reel dunks and rebound put-backs. New Orleans erupted for 88 points in the paint, the most the Blazers have allowed this season.

It led to a season-best performance by the Pelicans, who shot 52% from the field, finished with their most points of the season and simply looked hungrier and more connected than the Blazers.

“I don’t think it’s anything that we were not expecting,” Splitter told reporters in New Orleans. “They drove the whole game. We couldn’t stay in front of them. We don’t have any rim protection without our bigs, but it doesn’t matter. It’s got to be done collectively and we were not there.”

Trey Murphy III finished with 24 points, five rebounds and four assists to pace a starting lineup that produced four double-digit scorers. But it was the Pelicans’ bench that broke the Blazers, as Jordan Poole (22 points) and Bryce McGowens (23 points) spearheaded a second unit that scored 64 points.

Shorthanded or not, this was arguably the most uninspiring performance of the season for the Blazers, who have consistently played hard, played well and kept games close even as they’ve been decimated by injuries.

New Orleans, which fired coach Willie Green last month, had managed just one victory in its previous 17 games.

“With all respect, there’s no easy game in this league,” Splitter told reporters in New Orleans. “You’ve got to bring it every day. You got to just bring it. You got to focus on your assignments and who you guard and how he plays. You got to know who is in front of you and just focus. You can’t relax.”

It didn’t help that the Blazers played their 17th road game of the season, including the 13th in the last 17 games.

But even so, they barely put up a fight as the Pelicans scored 70 points in the first half and built a 25-point fourth-quarter lead.

Shaedon Sharpe was one of the few bright spots on a night to forget, scoring 21 points while making 4 of 6 three-pointers. And the Blazers’ French Connection sparkled near the French Quarter, as Sidy Cissoko and Rayan Rupert combined to score 34 points off the bench.

Cissoko finished with a career-high 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Rupert added 14 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals in 24 minutes.

But their strong play was all for naught as Portland stumbled to its third consecutive loss and 11th in the last 14 games.

Next up: The Blazers host the Golden State Warriors on Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Moda Center.