The Atlanta Hawks (29-35) visit the Portland Trail Blazers (18-46) at Moda Center, starting at 10:00 PM ET on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The Trail Blazers are 3.5-point underdogs in the game. The matchup’s point total is set at 218.
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Spread: Trail Blazers (+3.5) to Cover
- The model favors the Hawks by 2.9 points, just 0.6 fewer than the 3.5-point spread set by DraftKings.
- Portland has a 30-34-0 record against the spread this season.
- When playing as at least 3.5-point underdogs this year, the Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 26-27.
- So far this season, Atlanta has put together a 22-42-0 record against the spread.
- The Hawks are 7-17 ATS this season when playing as at least 3.5-point favorites.
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Total: Over 218
- The model projects a total (232.6 points) much higher than the one set by DraftKings for this matchup (218 points). Take the over.
- Atlanta’s games have had more than 218 points scored on 54 occasions this year.
- There have been 40 Portland’s games this season with more than 218 points scored.
- In the Hawks’ 64 games this season, the combined scoring has gone over the point total 32 times.
- Trail Blazers games have gone over the point total 31 out of 64 times this season.
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Moneyline Winner: Hawks (-162)
- Prediction: Hawks 118, Trail Blazers 115
- Atlanta has been the favorite in 36 games this season and won 21 (58.3%) of those contests.
- Portland has been chosen as underdogs in 58 games this year and has walked away with the win 17 times (29.3%) in those games.
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Deandre Ayton Points Prop: Over 17.5
- Deandre Ayton is averaging 14.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per contest. He is making 57.0% of his shots from the field.
- Wednesday’s points prop for Ayton is 17.5. That is 2.6 more than his season average.
- Ayton has exceeded his points prop total 19 times this season out of 40 games with such a prop.
- Because of the Hawks’ defensive struggles this year, ranking second-worst in the NBA with 121.5 points allowed per game, they’ve had to count on their offense, which ranks fifth-best in the league tallying 119.6 points per game.
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