In a game featuring one of the struggling squads in the NBA, the Portland Trail Blazers (19-53) face the Atlanta Hawks (32-39) at State Farm Arena on March 27, 2024. The Trail Blazers have lost seven in a row and are 2-8 in their past 10 games. They enter this matchup as underdogs by 10.5 points. The matchup has an over/under of 217 points.
Our computer predictions in this article will help you pick what are the best bets available for Wednesday’s game.
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Spread: Trail Blazers (+10.5) to Cover
- The model and DraftKings both have the Hawks taking home the win, but the model has them winning by slightly less (9.8 points). Lean towards taking the Trail Blazers.
- Portland is 34-37-1 ATS this year.
- The Trail Blazers have been an underdog by 10.5 points or more 25 times this year, and covered the spread in 14 of those games.
- So far this season, Atlanta has put together a 25-46-0 record against the spread.
- The Hawks have been favored by 10.5 points or more this season once, and failed to cover the spread.
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Total: Over 217
- The DraftKings point total for this game is more than two possessions lower (14.6 points) than the model projection. Put your money on the over.
- Atlanta’s games have finished with more than 217 points 60 times so far this season.
- Portland’s games have gone over 217 points on 45 occasions this season.
- A total of 37 out of the Hawks’ 71 games this season have gone over the point total.
- In the Trail Blazers’ 72 chances this year, the combined scoring has gone over the point total 36 times.
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Moneyline Winner: Hawks (-550)
- Prediction: Hawks 121, Trail Blazers 111
- Atlanta has won 22, or 56.4%, of the 39 games it has played as the favorite this season.
- Portland has won in 18, or 27.3%, of the 66 contests it has been named as the odds-on underdog this year.
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Bogdan Bogdanovic Points Prop: Over 20.5
- Bogdan Bogdanovic averages 16.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 1.2 steals and 0.3 blocks.
- The 20.5-point over/under set for Bogdanovic on Wednesday is 4.0 higher than his scoring average on the season.
- This season, Bogdanovic has scored beyond the points prop number in 28 of 57 games with a set total.
- The Trail Blazers are the third-worst squad in the league in points scored (107.6 per game) and 17th in points allowed (115.8).
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Deandre Ayton Points Prop: Over 20.5
- The Trail Blazers are getting 15.8 points, 11.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game from Deandre Ayton this year.
- The 15.8 points Ayton has scored per game this season is 4.7 fewer than his prop bet over/under set for Wednesday (20.5).
- He has hit the over 23 times on a points prop this season (in 47 tries).
- Because of the Hawks’ defensive struggles this year, ranking fourth-worst in the NBA with 120.7 points allowed per game, they’ve been forced to lean on their offense, which ranks fifth-best in the league tallying 119.2 points per game.
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