Charlotte Hornets at Portland Trailblazers NBA Pick - Odds - Free ATS Prediction
Date:
January 31, 10:05 pm
Location:
Moda Center
TV:
ESPN
Betting Odds
Point Spread:
Portland -3
Total:
214
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The Portland Trailblazers will host the Charlotte Hornets at the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter in Portland, Oregon. Tip-off is scheduled for 10:05 PM and is to be aired on both TSN. The Hornets recently routed Portland in Charlotte, last week.
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Charlotte Hornets at Portland Trailblazers Overview<br />
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Charlotte continues to stumble as they extended their losing streak to four games with a loss against Sacramento in Charlotte on Saturday. The Hornets have lost their previous two games by a three-ball in each of these contests. Portland’s notoriously porous defense has been the huge factor over the span of the 2016-17 season. Despite the defensive deficiencies, the Trailblazers can produce offense at will on the shoulders of their back court guns Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum. Portland had resurged as of late, winning their previous three and last two in Rip City overall before taking Golden State to the wire in a bitter loss on Sunday.
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Charlotte at Portland Key Betting Trends<br />
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Charlotte has been hovering around .500 all year, against the spread and straight-up as they are 23-25 SU and 21-26-1 ATS.
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Portland is known for a home court advantage at the Moda Center and their 13-10 record at home, bolsters this claim.
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Overall, the Blazers stand at 21-28 SU while posting a 21-28 record against the spread.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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So far 91% of the public fancy the Blazers against the spread despite the market falling by 1.5 points from the open. Initially Charlotte was taking back 4.5 points but as a result of most of the public favoring Charlotte against the spread in action, this number has reduced by a 1/3. Currently the Over/Under remains idle at 214 with 92% liking the Over.
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Charlotte Hornets at Portland Trailblazers Prediction
A popular perception here is that Charlotte rolled Portland last week in the Queen City and thus there is value in taking the Hornets with the points. However, we would urge takers to have a second look given the fact the Hornets have some documented road woes in the 2016-17 season. On the contrary, Portland has home court advantage working in their favor and they have won games this season against teams they were not supposed to beat in Rip City. The Trailblazers smashed the Cleveland Cavaliers to kick off 2017, a few weeks ago when they defeated the Cavs 102-86. One thing Portland does better than Golden State is not turn the ball over, which in turn actually gives them a chance to hang around in this game. They will likely use the Cleveland result as a source of motivation and offer tremendous upside against the spread given the fact we are now getting them at a reduced team with a proven history of falling short away from home.
Free Pick:
Take Portland -3 and Under 214.
