The Los Angeles Clippers dropped Saturday night’s game against the Orlando Magic, but they have a chance to bounce back against the struggling Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.
Kawhi Leonard, who sat for injury management on Saturday, should play in this game, and that has Los Angeles set as a slight favorite on the road.
The Blazers have dropped five straight games and eight of their last 10, putting them in jeopardy of missing the play-in tournament.
This is not an easy matchup for Portland, so how should we bet it?
First, let’s take a look at the latest odds:
Clippers vs. Blazers odds, spread and total
Clippers vs. Blazers prediction and pick
I can’t trust the Blazers in this game with how they have played as of late.
Portland is dead last in the NBA in net rating over its last 10 games, struggling mightily on the defensive end.
A healthy Clippers team should have no problem with the Blazers, and Los Angeles is one of the few teams in the NBA that is over .500 against the spread as a road favorite this season (10-9).
To make matters worse for Portland, it struggles as a home underdog, going just 4-7 ATS this season.
There’s only so much Damian Lillard can do scoring the ball, and until Portland finds a way to start keeping games close, I’m fading it at such a short number.
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