Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers odds, picks and prediction

The Los Angeles Clippers (33-18) host the Portland Trail Blazers (30-19) Tuesday at Staples Center for a 10 p.m. ET tip-off. Below, we analyze the Trail Blazers-Clippers odds and lines, with NBA picks and predictions.

Portland has won five of its past six and seven of the last 10 games while going 6-4 against the spread, including a 133-85 mopping of the tanking Oklahoma City Thunder as 12.5-point home favorites Saturday.

The Blazers’ last three losses have come against the “cream of the crop” of the Association in the Milwaukee Bucks, Brooklyn Nets and a surging Dallas Mavericks team.

The Clippers got back on track with a 104-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday following back-to-back losses to the Orlando Magic and Denver Nuggets; however, L.A. is 7-2 straight up and ATS in its last nine games.

L.A. won and covered each of its past four games against Portland since signing Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in 2019.

The Clippers beat the brakes off of the Blazers 128-105 as 5.5-point road favorites in their first meeting this season.

Trail Blazers at Clippers: Odds, spread and lines

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 3:10 p.m. ET.

Money line: Trail Blazers +195 (bet $100 to win $195) | Clippers -250 (bet $250 to win $100)
Against the spread/ATS: Trail Blazers +6 (-110) | Clippers -6 (-110)
Over/Under: 228.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)

Trail Blazers at Clippers: Key injuries

Trail Blazers

SF Derrick Jones Jr. (quadriceps) probable
PF Zach Collins (ankle) out
C Jusuf Nurkic (knee) out

Clippers

PG Patrick Beverley (knee) questionable
PF Serge Ibaka (back) out

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Trail Blazers at Clippers: Odds, lines, predictions and picks

Prediction

Clippers 119, Blazers 109

Money line (ML)

PASS because Los Angeles will most likely win this game but Clippers (-250) is most definitely NOT a bet I’d make.

L.A.’s money line is far too expensive against a Portland team that isn’t far behind in the standings.

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Against the spread (ATS)

Both teams are top-five in offensive rating and each struggle against elite offenses, but Portland is much worse.

The Blazers have the second-lowest net efficiency and ATS margin (minus-7.9 points) vs. teams in the top-10 of points per 100 possessions, according to CleaningTheGlass.com.

Also, L.A. is 7-4 ATS at home vs. teams with a winning record and Portland covered in only four of its past five games against teams with a winning record.

BET CLIPPERS -6 (-110) for 1 unit.

Over/Under (O/U)

Slight “LEAN” toward UNDER 228.5 (-110) for a quarter-unit because both teams play at a bottom-10 pace so offensive execution needs to be on-point for Trail Blazers-Clippers to cash Over tickets.

Also, we have a “fade the market” angle here as nearly three-fourths of the market is backing the Under, according to Pregame.com. Simply put, 75% of sports gamblers don’t win money.

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