I'm so very tempted to start on the negative side and make the Blazers prove themselves first. However, the internal Mags in me wins out. Blazers 98 Pelicans 95 Gramps...
At this point we have nearly universal homerism - 96.4% of the predictions are for the Blazers (all but one). Gramps...
In the future I'll wait longer to post Vegas; it's just tough today because I'm watching the kid tonight while my wife is out of town. He's a handful.