Bucks vs. Trail Blazers NBA Betting Odds
The Milwaukee Bucks have been the worst team in the NBA throughout the entirety of the 2013-14 season, and life isn’t getting any easier with a trip to see the Portland Trail Blazers on the horizon.
The Milwaukee Bucks have been the worst team in the NBA throughout the entirety of the 2013-14 season, and life isn’t getting any easier with a trip to see the Portland Trail Blazers on the horizon.
The Portland Trail Blazers are struggling, but a matchup against the 26-38 New Orleans Pelicans offers them their most favorable matchup of a brutal five-game road trip.
The Portland Trail Blazers have started a crucial late-season road trip with two close losses to the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets, and life isn’t about to get any easier with the Memphis Grizzlies up next.
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The Portland Trail Blazers are coming off of a bounce-back win over the Atlanta Hawks—a much-needed blowout victory after losing to the last-place Los Angeles Lakers at home—but life doesn’t get any easier as a brutal road trip begins with the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, March 7.
Portland intends its charmed campaign to continue this Wednesday night, with the slumping Atlanta Hawks coming to the Pacific Northwest.
The Portland Trail Blazers may be without three-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge, but Damian Lillard has picked up his production as a result following the All-Star Break. Portland, who owns the sixth-best record in the NBA, will host the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.
Who would’ve thought that it would be the Utah Jazz entering this matchup on a hot streak and the Portland Trail Blazers riding their toughest stretch of the 2013-14 NBA season.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will make the trip over to the Moda Center on Tuesday to take on Northwest Division rival the Portland Trail Blazers. Oklahoma State enters red hot, with wins in 13 of their last 15 games, while Portland’s hit a bit of a rough patch, alternating wins and losses over their last six games.
The Portland Trail Blazers and Indiana Pacers are scheduled to face off Friday on ESPN, and if all goes according to plan, it will be the perfect display of offense versus defense.
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Wednesday night features a matchup between West Coast Conference foes: The Portland Pilots and the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Gonzaga, currently ranked 21st in the country, won’t have much trouble skating through the year to a conference championship, but this matchup isn’t like most on their schedule.
The Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings have already faced off twice during the 2013-14 NBA season, and they’re set to face off again Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Portland (26-8) at Sacramento (10-22)
Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:00 p.m. ET at Sleep Train Arena
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On the year, Portland has won the series 2-0. The team from the Pacific Northwest has won both games by an average margin of 12 points per contest, but Sacramento will look to make the third matchup a charm.
The Trail Blazers have been brilliant this season, but they’re coming off of a week that saw them go 2-2, losing twice in dramatic fashion. To the team’s credit, it did pull out a comeback win against the Oklahoma City Thunder, while also blowing out the Charlotte Bobcats; but two last-second losses to the New Orleans Pelicans and Philadelphia 76ers have brought to light that this team is indeed mortal, and it can indeed lose games in the clutch.
If all goes according to plan, Portland won’t have to worry about performing in crunch time. It’s something it has done well almost all season, but the goal here is to win big despite being on the road.
The last time these two teams met, Rudy Gay was still with the Toronto Raptors. Additionally, Isaiah Thomas hadn’t quite broken onto the scene, and while the team knows it has to contain DeMarcus Cousins, these two could be big-time difference makers.
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If Portland sticks to its regular defensive schemes, look for Cousins to have a big game. The Blazers haven’t double teamed bigs all season long, instead opting to give up points down low in an effort to better defend the three-point line.
Speaking of defending the three-point line, that’s exactly what Sacramento will have to do to keep up in this one. Despite being underdogs, the Philadelphia 76ers held Portland under 100 points (the Blazers entered that game as the No. 1 scoring team in the NBA) by making them look downright awful from long range. The Kings are the second-worst team in the Association at defending the three-point line (they’re also the second-worst team in terms of points allowed), which is going to be a problem come Tuesday.
Cousins will be slated to have a big game, but if anyone else is going to join him, look for it to be Thomas. The point guard will be going up against Damian Lillard, and while he’ll be forced to expend a ton of energy on defense, the offensive end is where he’ll take advantage of a young point guard who is less focused on defensive production.
Despite having home-court advantage, look for the Blazers to bounce back following their loss. They know that sustaining success means winning the winnable games, and this qualifies as one of those contests. Expect a good showing from Portland, taking away the idea of a crunch time showing when it’s all said and done.
Prediction: Portland 107 – Sacramento 95
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