San Antonio Spurs (3-4) vs Portland Trail Blazers (3-5)
November 7, 2024 at 08:00 PM EST
The Line: Betting Odds: San Antonio Spurs -4.5 / Portland Trail Blazers +4.5 — Over/Under: 216.5
The Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs meet Thursday in NBA action at the Frost Bank Center. Here’s a Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction. This article will include a Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Pick.
Portland Trail Blazers Betting Preview
The Portland Trail Blazers lost to the Suns, beat the Pelicans, and they play the Timberwolves and Grizzlies next. The Portland Trail Blazers are averaging 108.3 points on 43.1 percent shooting and allowing 113 points on 45.8 percent shooting. Anfernee Simons is averaging 19.5 points and 2.6 rebounds, while Jerami Grant is averaging 18.3 points and 4.6 rebounds. Deandre Ayton is the third double-digit scorer and Scoot Henderson is grabbing 3 rebounds. The Portland Trail Blazers are shooting 34.3 percent from beyond the arc and 76.3 percent from the free-throw line. The Portland Trail Blazers are allowing 35.8 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 45.5 rebounds per game.
San Antonio Spurs Betting Preview
The San Antonio Spurs lost to the Clippers and Rockets, and they play the Jazz and Kings next. The San Antonio Spurs are averaging 104.5 points on 44.9 percent shooting and allowing 108.5 points on 44.8 percent shooting. Victor Wembanyama is averaging 18.9 points and 10.3 rebounds, while Jeremy Sochan is averaging 15.4 points and 3 assists. Keldon Johnson is the third double-digit scorer and Chris Paul is dishing 8.9 assists. The San Antonio Spurs are shooting 32.1 percent from beyond the arc and 81.4 percent from the free throw line. The San Antonio Spurs are allowing 37.5 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 46.8 rebounds per game.
Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Injury Report
The Trail Blazers will be without Shaedon Sharpe and Matisse Thybulle. The Spurs will be without Devin Vassell, Tre Jones, and Jeremy Sochan.
Why the Portland Trail Blazers will win
- The Spurs have lost four of their last five games as home favorites against opponents who are on the first leg of a back-to-back.
- The Trail Blazers have won eight of their last 12 games as road underdogs against Southwest Division opponents following a win.
- The road team has covered the spread in each of the Trail Blazers’ last four games.
- The Spurs have failed to cover the spread in four of their last five games as home favorites against opponents who are on the first leg of a back-to-back.
Total Points Facts
- Eight of the Trail Blazers’ last nine road games have gone UNDER the total points line.
- Each of the Spurs’ last four home games against opponents who are on the first leg of a back-to-back has gone OVER the total points line.
Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction
I’m not excited to back the Portland Trail Blazers on the road, but the Spurs in the favorite role on the end of a back-to-back isn’t ideal either. The Spurs blew a 70-point lead to the Clippers and followed it up by losing to the Rockets by 27 points. Now I’m supposed to lay points? Yeah, that’s a no from me, dog. I’m grabbing the points with the Trail Blazers in a battle of two below-average teams in the west.