LiontipsPortland vs Utah. Prediction and Betting Tips for NBA Pre-Season
Command Analysis
Portland failed to earn a play-off spot in the previous season. Trail Blazers started to collapse after an injury to Damian Lillard. Team was unable to compete with Damian off the court. Board decided to improve the squad during the summer. Lillard and Nurkic decided to stay in the club.
Portland have a promising group of players. Anfernee Simons played well in the previous season and fans are expecting a further progress from him. Jerami Grant and Josh Hart also should be able to help the team to fight for the playoffs.
Seems like Utah's board run out of patience. Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell left the team during the off-season, just like club's head coach, Quin Snyder. Jazzmen signed Kelly Olynyk, Jarred Vanderbild, Lauri Markkanen, Talen Horton-Tucker and Malik Beasley. Will Hardy joined the team as a new head coach.
Utah will probably experience some problems with teamwork at the start of the season, so we are not expecting groundbreaking results from the Jazzmen at the start.
Trends
Ставка1st quarter: total under 53
In 3 of 4 latest head-to-head matches this total was not beaten
СтавкаPortland: total under 108,5 points
In three latest head-to-head matches Oregon failed to score more than 108 points
Tip and bets
Portland already played one game. The Trail Blazers suffered a 97:102 defeat to the Clippers. But we are expecting a better performance from the Blazers this time. Jazzmen are unlikely to put up a successful defensive performance, so we offer to place a bet on total over.
Our prediction - total over 212 points
Utah have a number of new players in the squad and Will Hardy is unlikely to get his team on winning terms from day one. Visitors are unlikely to stop the Blazers.
Our second bet is on Portland to win the match
