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2021 NBA Handicapping
(3-2) Portland Trail Blazers vs. Charlotte Hornets (4-2)
Date: Sunday, October 31st
Time: 7:00PM EST
Venue: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
NBA Moneyline Odds: Blazers -111 | Hornets -111 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: EVEN
NBA Betting Total: OFF
Sunday, October 31st, finds the Portland Trail Blazers and Charlotte Hornets tipping off in their first meeting of the 2021-22 season. Both teams last played on Friday with the Blazers crushing the Clippers and the Hornets falling to the Heat.
Last season, the squads played twice with the teams splitting the season series. The Blazers hold the all-time record having bested the Hornets in 44 of their 61 matches.
Portland Trail Blazers
With Chauncey Billups taking over as head coach the Trail Blazers are working on implementing a new system. Billups best years as a player were spent with the Pistons who were known for their defense.
Undoubtedly he’s working to improve the Blazers defense and it’s already paying dividends. Entering the weekend the Blazers were making strides ranking 12th defensively which is a substantial improvement over their 29th positioning last season.
In one game, however, they made a huge leap up the board — it was the revenge game versus the Clippers and moved them to the sixth-best defensive rating.
To put in perspective how well the Blazers are doing they are one of two teams who ranks in the top 10 of defense, offense (8th), and net differential (4th). The Utah Jazz is the only other team with those accolades.
In the victory, Damian Lillard found his long-ball stroke connecting on five 3-pointers after a four-game stretch of shooting 6 of 35 (17.1%). Lillard led the team with 25 points. Jusuf Nurkic registered a double-double of 14 points and 17 rebounds.
CJ McCollum (14) and Norman Powell (12) were the other double-figure scorers.
Charlotte Hornets
The upstart Charlotte Hornets are one of the pleasant surprises of the early season. Last season the team developed a bond and embraced ball movement with their young star LaMelo Ball making passing a must-watch event in Charlotte.
This year, through six games it’s the rise of Miles Bridges and his growth offensively that is taking center stage. The Hornets were rolling along possessing the fourth-ranked offense and highest point per game total of 116.4 entering their game Friday.
But, they ran into Miami who possesses the league’s top-ranked defense, and punctuated the point by holding Charlotte under 100 points (99) and serving them their second loss of the season.
Gordon Hayward led the scoring with 23 points while Bridges was close behind with 22 points and eight rebounds. Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 17 while Cody Martin chipped in 15 as the other double-figure contributor.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Blazers are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 meetings between the clubs.
- The Blazers are 7-3 in the last 10 head-to-head matches.
- Over Under is 3-6-1 in the teams last 10 head to head matchups
Free Portland Trail Blazers vs. Charlotte Hornets NBA Prediction:
Both teams bring constancy to the court but Portland are the team adapting to a new system. This will be a big test for both sides as the Blazers attempt to keep their defense rolling and the Hornets look to bounce back from a lackluster performance.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Blazers edge out Hornets
Portland is doing it on both ends of the court and with Dame breaking out of his shooting funk this could be one of those games where he goes “logo Lillard”.
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