Portland Trail Blazers vs Brooklyn Nets: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 3/23/2021

Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers (25-17) will look to fend off Kevin Durant's Brooklyn Nets (29-14) on March 23, 2021. The Trail Blazers are a 3.5-point favorite. A 231.5-point total is set for the game.

How to Watch

Time: 10:00 PM EST
TV Channel: NBCS-NW

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Trail Blazers vs. Nets Betting Data

Trail Blazers Betting Data

• Portland has covered the spread in half of its games this season, going 21-21 ATS.
• The Trail Blazers have not fared well as a 3.5-point favorite, going 9-10 against the spread when favored by at least 3.5 points.
• Portland has gone over the point total the majority of the time, in 23 of 42 games (54.8%).

Nets Betting Data

• Brooklyn has a winning record (22-21) against the spread this season.
• The Nets are 9-17 against the spread when at least 3.5-point underdogs.
• Brooklyn hit the over in 65.1% of its games (28 of 43 games).

Point Total Insights

• Portland and its opponents have hit the over on Tuesday's 231.5 total in 20 out of 42 games (47.6%) this year.
• 24 Brooklyn games this year (55.8% of its matchups) finished with a final total higher than Tuesday's over/under of 231.5 points.
• The point total for the game of 231.5 is 3.2 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Trail Blazers (114.5 points per game) and the Nets (120.2 points per game).
• This game's total is 0.8 fewer points than the 230.7 these two teams combine to allow per game in 2020-21.
• This season the average total for Trail Blazers games is 230 points, 1.5 fewer than the over/under of 231.5 points for this contest.
• Nets' games have a total points bet of 235.4 points this season, 3.9 points more than the over/under for this contest.

Previous Matchups

Portland has won a majority of its last 10 games against Brooklyn, going 8-2, while the Nets hold a 2-0 advantage against the spread when matched up with the Trail Blazers.

Trail Blazers Players to Watch

• The leader in points and assists for the Trail Blazers is Lillard, who scores 30.3 points and distributes 7.6 assists per game.
• Portland's best rebounder is Enes Kanter, who averages 11.4 boards per game in addition to his 11.9 PPG average.
• CJ McCollum makes more threes per game than any other member of the Trail Blazers, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 4.4 per contest.
• The Portland leader in both steals and blocks is Robert Covington, who averages 1.6 takeaways and 1.2 rejections per game.

Nets Players to Watch

• James Harden paces the Nets in both rebounds and assists with 8.0 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game.
• Brooklyn's Durant scores 29.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, making him the top scorer on the squad.
• Joe Harris is the top scorer from distance for the Nets, hitting 3.4 threes per game.
• Brooklyn's leader in steals is Harden (1.2 per game), and its leader in blocks is Nicolas Claxton (1.6 per game).

Injury Report

Trail Blazers:

Nassir Little: Out (Health Protocols),

Jusuf Nurkic: Out (Wrist),

Anfernee Simons: Out (Health Protocols),

Zach Collins: Out (Ankle)

Nets:

Kevin Durant: Out (Hamstring),

Kyrie Irving: Out (Personal),

Spencer Dinwiddie: Out For Season (ACL),

James Harden: Day To Day (Neck),

Landry Shamet: Out (Ankle),

Alize Johnson: Out (Not With Team)