Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers 4/9/19 - NBA Betting Odds & Picks
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
NBA: 10:30 PM EST
Apr. 09, 2019
TV: NA
Latest Odds : POR -9.5 Total 224.5
The Trail Blazers are going to the playoffs and are actually looking really good at the right time of the year. The Trail Blazers were able to go out in their last game and actually beat the Nuggets, the Northwest leader, by 7 points in the game. However, the Trail Blazers are a team that has found a tremendous talent in Damian Lillard who led the team in scoring against the Nuggets with 30 points being scored.
Damian Lillard has been the leading scorer for the Trail Blazers on the year with a total of 25.9 points a game. He also has helped out quite a bit with 6.9 assist a game. Rebounding for the Trail Blazers has been handled by Jusuf Nurkic who has managed to get 10.4 boards a game on the year so far.
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The Lakers are not going to the playoffs and now the rumors are starting to spread about if the Lakers are going to trade LeBron or keep him, but also what kind of overhaul the roster will be having this year. What else is going to be an issue for the Lakers is they have to figure out how to actually get the team to come together as a team and find some supporting characters for LeBron if he does end up staying in Los Angeles.
Since LeBron has been shut down on the season the Lakers have come to rely on Kyle Kuzma who has put in a total of 18.7 points a game. The assist leader for the Lakers has been Kuzma as well with 2.5 assist a game. JaVale McGee has stepped up to lead the Lakers in rebounding with a total of 7.6 boards a game on the year.
Recent Betting Trends:
Trail Blazers are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 vs. NBA Pacific.
Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games.
Under is 5-2-1 in Trail Blazers last 8 road games.
Under is 9-2 in Lakers last 11 vs. NBA Northwest.
Free Betting Pick: Los Angeles Lakers +9.5
The Lakers are struggling and while they have won the last 2 games, the Lakers are going to have some problems in closing out the year in a winning way. Look for the Trail Blazers to come into the game here and be able to control the game rather easily and get some momentum built up on the playoff run. Final Score, Portland Trail Blazers win, but fail to cover 112-104