Free NBA Pick: Blazers vs. Jazz NBA Odds
Looking for Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz free NBA picks & NBA odds? NBA betting sees the Blazers taking on the Jazz on Thursday, December 26th, 2019, at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all NBA basketball matchups so stay tuned for more FREE daily NBA hoops predictions like this Blazers Jazz matchup.
2019 NBA Handicapping
(14-17) Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz (18-12)
Date: Thursday, December 26th
Time: 10:30 PM EST
Venue: Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
NBA Moneyline Odds: Blazers +202 | Jazz -230
NBA Betting Odds: Blazers +5.5 | Jazz -5.5
NBA Betting Total: 220
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Free Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz NBA Prediction:
Thursday, December 26th, the Portland Trail Blazers taking on Northwest Division foes the Utah Jazz in the clubs first meeting of the season.
Last season, the teams played four times with each winning twice. The Jazz holds the all-time record having bested the Blazers in 102 of their 189 matches.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Blazers were on a four-game win streak prior to the loss versus the Pelicans. During the win streak, Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum each scored over 25 points in every game. The duo had never both scored 25 points in back to back games prior to the win streak.
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In the loss, Hassan Whiteside collected an 11 point, 16 rebound double-double. Carmelo Anthony led the way with 23 points adding nine rebounds.
While the backcourt of McCollum (20) and Lillard (18) were the other double-figure contributors.
Two starters lead all the stat categories and not surprisingly Damian Lillard tops the scoring (26.6 points), assists (7.5) and steals (1.0). The other three categories are led by Hassan Whiteside including rebounds (13.5), field goal percentage (60.7%), and blocks (2.8).
All the Blazers injuries are of the long term variety with Rodney Hood out for the season with a torn Achilles. Jusuf Nurkic out until February healing from surgeries to repair compact fractures in both his left tibia and fibula. And, Zach Collins won’t return until March after surgery to repair a dislocated left shoulder.
Utah Jazz
The Jazz suffered a close 107-104 loss to the Miami Heat in their last game. Five players scored in double-figures in the loss.
Utah also made a trade to bring in Jordan Clarkson trading Dante Exum to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Rudy Gobert had a monster 18 point, 20 rebound double-double. Joe Ingles remained in the starting lineup and led the team with 27 points. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 while Donovan Mitchell added 13 and Emmanuel Mudiay chipped in with 12 points off the bench.
On the season, Donovan Mitchell is the team leader in scoring (24.8) and steals (1.2). Rudy Gobert tops the rebounding (14.3), field goal percent (67.9) and blocks (1.9) categories. And. Joe Ingles rounds out the group with 4.2 assists per game.
Mike Conley tried to return to the lineup recently but he’s back on the injured reserve with his sore hamstring with no definitive timetable to return.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The teams are 5-5 ATS in their last 10
- The teams are 5-5 in last 10 head to head
- Over Under is 3-7 in team’s last 10 head to head matchups
- Home team is 11-4 ATS in the last 15 meetings.
Free Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz NBA Prediction:
The Blazers wins other than the Magic were all against lottery teams. Utah was in a similar boat having won five in a row also against the Magic and lottery teams.
Let’s see how much Clarkson affects the offense in his debut with the Jazz.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Blazers plus points
Jazz get the victory but Blazers keep it too close to cover the spread.
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