The Portland Trail Blazers (34-28) drop by Barclays Center Friday for their third game in a six-game road swing against the Brooklyn Nets (43-20). Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Trail Blazers-Nets odds and lines, with NBA picks and predictions.
Portland won the first two games of its road trip—each by 21 points—first against the Indiana Pacers Tuesday then in a “double-revenge” spot against Western Conference 8-seed Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday.
Before this two-game win streak, the Blazers lost five straight (2-3 against the spread) and have fallen to seventh place in the West (seeds 7-10 participate in the postseason play-in).
Brooklyn has won four in a row and five of its past six games (5-1 ATS) including victories over the Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics.
The Nets beat the Blazers 116-112 in their first meeting this season with James Harden in the starting 5 but were missing Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
Trail Blazers at Nets: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:55 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Trail Blazers -105 (bet $105 to win $105) | Nets -115 (bet $115 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Trail Blazers +1 (-110) | Nets -1 (-110)
- Over/Under: 240.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Trail Blazers at Nets: Key injuries
Trail Blazers
- PF Zach Collins (ankle) out
Nets
- SG Bruce Brown (knee) probable
- C Nicolas Claxton (health and safety protocols) probable
- PG Kyrie Irving (groin) probable
- SG James Harden (hamstring) out
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Trail Blazers at Nets: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Nets 125, Trail Blazers 118
Money line (ML)
Sports bettors should wait as close to the tip-off as possible when betting the NBA in the regular season, and the NETS (-115) are the prime example of why.
Brooklyn’s Big 3 has been known to be held out of games or even taken out mid-game for murky reasons whether it be in or out of their control.
However, my hunch is that KD and Kyrie both suit up for this game and put up a motivated effort since Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard is the opponent.
Furthermore, Brooklyn could also see the returns of SG Bruce Brown, who’s a very good defender and rebounder in the backcourt, and rim-running young big Nicolas Claxton.
Given how good KD looked last night—42 points on 66.7% shooting with 10 assists—and a possibly healthy and motivated Brooklyn team, the play is NETS (-115) for 1 unit (if KD and Kyrie play).
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Against the spread (ATS)
PASS since Brooklyn’s money line is only five cents on the dollar more expensive than Nets -1 (-110).
Over/Under (O/U)
Slight “LEAN” to the OVER 240.5 (-110) for a quarter unit since it’s obvious bookmakers are anticipating a higher scoring Trail Blazers-Nets despite their first meeting going Under a 232-point total.
There’s a lot of firepower on the court between both teams, and each is jostling for playoff positioning. So my read is the pace picks up in this meeting, and both offenses will fill it up tonight.
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