Portland Trail Blazers

NBA Player Props

The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-quickest tempo in the league this year. The Trail Blazers are expected to see a spike in possessions in this contest from sharing the court with the fastest pace-of-play home team in the league over the last 20 games (the New Orleans Pelicans). The Portland Trail Blazers have been the 2nd-best offensive rebounding offense in the league this year (offensive rebounds maintain possession and can therefore produce new chances for scoring and assists).

In regard to three-pointers, the Trail Blazers's poor 33.8% rate of sunk threes comes in as the 4th-fewest in the league this year.

The Pelicans have been the lowest scoring offense in the league at home this year in terms of shots from downtown. The matchup against Portland is a difficult one; when the Trail Blazers are on the road, they have given up the 2nd-least points per game in the NBA to the opposing team's starting SFs this year (12.1). The matchup vs. Portland is a tough one for drawing fouls; the opposition's starting SFs have attempted just 1.9 foul shots per game this year when the Portland Trail Blazers are away from home (4th-least in the league).

The Pelicans have played at the speediest tempo in the NBA over the last 20 games while playing at home. The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-most up-tempo pace-of-play in the NBA this year, which ought to lead to more possessions for the Pelicans. Offensive rebounds save possession and create bonus chances for scoring and assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans rank best in in the league playing at home with 12.5 offensive boards per game over the last 20 games.

The Pelicans have been the lowest scoring offense in the league at home this year in terms of shots from downtown. This year, opposing starting PGs have averaged 29.8% on 3-pointers (3rd-worst in the league) against the Portland Trail Blazers, resulting in a tough matchup.

The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-quickest tempo in the league this year. The Trail Blazers are expected to see a spike in possessions in this contest from sharing the court with the fastest pace-of-play home team in the league over the last 20 games (the New Orleans Pelicans). The Portland Trail Blazers have been the 2nd-best offensive rebounding offense in the league this year (offensive rebounds maintain possession and can therefore produce new chances for scoring and assists). Over the last 15 games when they are away from home, the opposition's starting PFs have attempted 3.7 foul shots per game (7th-highest in the NBA) vs. the Pelicans, making it fairly effortless to get to the free-throw line.

The Pelicans have been the lowest scoring offense in the league at home this year in terms of shots from downtown. This year, the other team's starting PFs have averaged 29.6% on three-pointers (4th-weakest in the NBA) against the Portland Trail Blazers, creating a hard matchup. Over the last 10 games when they have the home court advantage, the opposition's starting PFs have attempted 2.5 free throws per game (2nd-lowest in the league) vs. the Trail Blazers, making it tough to draw fouls.

The Pelicans have played at the speediest tempo in the NBA over the last 20 games while playing at home. The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-most up-tempo pace-of-play in the NBA this year, which ought to lead to more possessions for the Pelicans. Offensive rebounds save possession and create bonus chances for scoring and assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans rank best in in the league playing at home with 12.5 offensive boards per game over the last 20 games.

The Pelicans have been the lowest scoring offense in the league at home this year in terms of shots from downtown.

The matchup vs. the Trail Blazers is a positive one for shots from the field; the other team's starting SGs have shot for the highest FG% in the NBA this year (51.5%). The Pelicans have played at the speediest tempo in the NBA over the last 20 games while playing at home. The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-most up-tempo pace-of-play in the NBA this year, which ought to lead to more possessions for the Pelicans. Offensive rebounds save possession and create bonus chances for scoring and assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans rank best in in the league playing at home with 12.5 offensive boards per game over the last 20 games. The matchup vs. the Portland Trail Blazers may be a strong one for getting to the foul line; opposing starting SGs have attempted a whopping 3.2 foul shots per game over the last 5 games (8th-most in the league).

This year, the opposition's starting SGs have averaged 6.1 3-point attempts per game (4th-highest in the league) against the New Orleans Pelicans, creating a good matchup. The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-quickest tempo in the league this year. The Trail Blazers are expected to see a spike in possessions in this contest from sharing the court with the fastest pace-of-play home team in the league over the last 20 games (the New Orleans Pelicans). The Portland Trail Blazers have been the 2nd-best offensive rebounding offense in the league this year (offensive rebounds maintain possession and can therefore produce new chances for scoring and assists).

The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-quickest tempo in the league this year. The Trail Blazers are expected to see a spike in possessions in this contest from sharing the court with the fastest pace-of-play home team in the league over the last 20 games (the New Orleans Pelicans). The Portland Trail Blazers have been the 2nd-best offensive rebounding offense in the league this year (offensive rebounds maintain possession and can therefore produce new chances for scoring and assists).

The Pelicans have played at the speediest tempo in the NBA over the last 20 games while playing at home. The Trail Blazers have played at the 6th-most up-tempo pace-of-play in the NBA this year, which ought to lead to more possessions for the Pelicans. Offensive rebounds save possession and create bonus chances for scoring and assists, and the New Orleans Pelicans rank best in in the league playing at home with 12.5 offensive boards per game over the last 20 games.

Robert Williams III has gone over 6.5 in 7 of his last 10 games.

Jose Alvarado has gone over 9.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

Karlo Matkovic has gone over 5.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

Jordan Hawkins has gone over 7.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

Rayan Rupert has gone over 3.5 in 3 of his last 10 games.