The Portland Trail Blazers play the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday in an NBA matchup at Moda Center.

Here are the details:

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (39-38) vs. NEW ORLEANS PELICANS (25-51)

When: 7 p.m., Thursday, April 2

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Where: Moda Center, Portland.

Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM).

TV channel: KUNP (Antenna: 47.1. Xfinity: 16, 302, 1170. DirecTV: 47. Spectrum: 184), NBATV.

Online: Seventy-six of the Blazers’ 82 games this season can be streamed live or on-demand via BlazerVision for an annual fee of $120. For more information about Rip City TV and how to watch Blazers games, visit nba.com/blazers/watch

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This and that: With five games left in the regular season, the Blazers sit in ninth place in the Western Conference standings, one-half game behind the Los Angeles Clippers. … Portland ascended there Tuesday after earning its most important victory of the season, 114-104, over the Clippers at Intuit Dome. … Jrue Holiday scored 30 points and Deni Avdija finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in the win. … Portland has won nine of its last 13 games. … The victory over the Clippers came with new owner Tom Dundon and members of his ownership group watching from the stands at Intuit Dome. The Blazers transitioned to the new ownership group Tuesday, so it was the franchise’s first game under his stewardship. … This is the fourth and final meeting between the Blazers and Pelicans this season and Portland, which has won two of the first three games, is seeking to clinch the series. … New Orleans brings a five-game losing streak into tonight’s game, which includes 134-102 defeat to the Houston Rockets at home on Sunday. … The Pelicans had been playing well before the skid, earning wins in 10 of their previous 14 games. The run included victories over the Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, Toronto Raptors and Clippers (twice). … But Houston outscored New Orleans 39-18 in the second quarter and never looked back, handing the Pelicans their third consecutive double-digit defeat.

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INJURIES

Portland: Jerami Grant (right calf strain), Vit Krejci (left calf bruise), Shaedon Sharpe (left calf strain/fibula injury) and Damian Lillard (left Achilles tendon) are out.

New Orleans: Karlo Matkovic (low back spasms and Bryce McGowens (right toe fracture) are out and Trey Murphy III (right ankle sprain) is questionable.

NEXT UP

The Blazers play the Denver Nuggets on Monday at 6 p.m. at Ball Arena.

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