Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard has been ruled out of the team’s matchup on Thursday against the New Orleans Pelicans, per the league’s injury report.
Lillard will be seeing some rest on the back end of a back-to-back for a calf injury he suffered on Wednesday night. The spread was at 6.5 in favor of the Pelicans prior to this news and has now ballooned to nine points following the report. This will be a situation to keep an eye on heading into Saturday’s matchup with the Dallas Mavericks, but Lillard should be just fine.