The Portland Trail Blazers (13-21) are on the road for one game Friday night to face the Los Angeles Lakers (17-16) New Year’s Eve. Tip-off is 10:30 p.m. ET at Crypto.com Arena. Below, we look at the Trail Blazers vs. Lakers odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.
The Blazers have lost three games in a row and only have three wins in their last 16 games. They are 2-12 on the road this season. G Damian Lillard is averaging more than 24 points per game but it is more than four points fewer than he has averaged each of the last two seasons.
The Lakers are opening a five-game homestand. They are coming off a 104-99 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday night. They have only one win in their last eight games.
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Trail Blazers at Lakers odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Trail Blazers +175 (bet $100 to win $175) | Lakers -220 (bet $220 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Trail Blazers +5.5 (-110) | Lakers -5.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 226.5 (O: -112 | U: -108)
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Trail Blazers at Lakers key injuries
Trail Blazers
- G Ben McLemore (health and safety protocols) probable
- G Dennis Smith Jr. (health and safety protocols) probable
- F Nassir Little (ankle) probable
- F Robert Covington (health and safety protocols) out
- G C.J. McCollum (lung) out
- C Jusuf Nurkic (health and safety protocols) out
- G Anfernee Simons (health and safety protocols) out
- G Brandon Williams (health and safety protocols) out
- C Cody Zeller (health and safety protocols) out
Lakers
- F LeBron James (abdomen) probable
- F Trevor Ariza (return to competition reconditioning) questionable
- G Avery Bradley (concussion) questionable
- F Anthony Davis (knee) out
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Trail Blazers at Lakers odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Lakers 115, Trail Blazers 105
Money line
Neither team is playing well recently, but the Blazers are just absolutely decimated with players in COVID protocols. They have Lillard but will be without McCollum, Nurkic and Covington, as well as others.
The Blazers have been just awful on the road so TAKE the LAKERS (-220).
Against the spread
The Blazers have covered the spread only four times in their last 15 games. They have covered the spread only once all season when they lost the game.
The Lakers don’t have a ton of wins recently — only one in their last seven contests — but they have covered the spread in five of their last six victories.
Take the LAKERS -5.5 (-110).
Over/Under
Missing as many players as the Blazers are, it will be hard to put up the offensive numbers necessary to keep up with the Lakers. Three of the Lakers’ last four games and four of the last six have gone Over the projected total. But all of the six previous games went Under.
With a high projection for tonight, take UNDER 226.5 (-108).
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