In a contest featuring one of the struggling teams in the NBA, the Portland Trail Blazers (21-57) battle the New Orleans Pelicans (46-32) at Moda Center on April 9, 2024. The Trail Blazers are 2-8 in their past 10 games. They enter this matchup as underdogs by 13.5 points. The matchup has an over/under set at 213.5 points.
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Spread: Trail Blazers (+13.5) to Cover
- The model and DraftKings both have the Pelicans taking home the win, but the model has them winning by slightly less (11.6 points). Lean towards taking the Trail Blazers.
- Portland’s ATS record is 37-40-1 this season.
- When playing as at least 13.5-point underdogs this season, the Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 8-5.
- New Orleans has gone 42-34-2 ATS this season.
- The Pelicans have not covered the spread when favored by 13.5 points or more this season (in two opportunities).
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Total: Over 213.5
- The DraftKings point total for this game is more than two possessions lower (10.5 points) than the model projection. Put your money on the over.
- In 60 games this year, New Orleans and its opponent have combined to score more than 213.5 points.
- There have been 54 Portland’s games this season with more than 213.5 points scored.
- The Pelicans and their opponents have combined to hit the over 34 out of 78 times this season.
- So far this year, 39 out of the Trail Blazers’ 78 games with an over/under have hit the over.
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Moneyline Winner: Pelicans (-950)
- Prediction: Pelicans 118, Trail Blazers 106
- New Orleans has entered the game as favorites 48 times this season and won 30, or 62.5%, of those games.
- Portland has been chosen as underdogs in 72 games this year and has walked away with the win 20 times (27.8%) in those games.
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CJ McCollum Points Prop: Over 23.5
- CJ McCollum averages 19.5 points, 4.3 boards and 4.6 assists per contest, shooting 45.4% from the floor and 41.5% from downtown with 3.4 made treys per contest (fourth in league).
- Tuesday’s prop bet for McCollum is 23.5 points, 4.0 more than his season average.
- He is 33-for-63 at going over his points prop this season.
- The Trail Blazers are the third-worst squad in the league in points scored (106.9 per game) and 19th in points conceded (115.6).
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Scoot Henderson Rebounds Prop: Under 3.5
- Scoot Henderson gets the Trail Blazers 13.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists per contest while posting 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
- He averages 0.4 fewer rebounds than his prop bet Tuesday of 3.5.
- He’s finished over his set total for rebounds in 14 of 36 games with a prop so far this season.
- The Pelicans are pulling down 44.1 rebounds per game (10th-ranked in league). They are ceding 42.3 rebounds per contest (sixth-ranked).
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