LiontipsPortland vs. Lakers. Prediction and Betting Tips for NBA
Command Analysis
Portland chose to rebuild the squad. C.J. McCollum, Tony Snell and Larry Nance were recently traded to New Orleans for Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Alexader-Walker and Didi Louzada. Board of Trail Blazers will try to build the new team. But Damian Lillard will still be the key part of the club.
Now it is clear that Portland won't be featured in the playoffs. In the latest match against Orlando, Blazers were terrible. They suffered a 95:113 defeat to Magic.
Lakers also want to make some changes in their roster. Lakers' board will probably try to trade Russell Westbrook, but so far they can't find any options. Russell Westbrook was not a great team player in the current season.
In the latest match Frank Vogel's men suffered another defeat. This time Los Angeles team lost a home game to Milwaukee (116:131). For another time Lakers put up a terrible defensive performance.
Trends
Ставка1st quarter: Lakers to win
In three most recent matches Lakers failed to win the first quarter
СтавкаLakers: total under 106,5 points
In 3 out of 4 most recent matches Lakers failed to beat the total
Tip and bets
Blazers are unlikely to put up a fight to the Lakers. Portland managed to score only 95 points in the match against Orlando. Newcomers should be able to improve Blazers' performance, but they won't feature in the upcoming match. We don't think that Simons and Nurkic will break the visitors' defense.
Our prediction - Portland: individual total under 109,5 points
Blazers were looking terrible in the latest match. We are not expecting a better performance from them this time. In this case, visitors should be able to record a confident victory.
Our second prediction - Handicap (-5,5) points on Los Angeles Lakers
