Trail Blazers vs Lakers 8/29/20 - NBA Betting Odds & Picks
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
NBA: 9:00 PM EST
Aug. 29, 2020
TV: TNT
Latest Odds : LAL -2.5 Total 223
The Lakers are coming into the game here with a good chance to close out the series. After the games were postponed on Wednesday, this could be the decisive game here. Now, the one thing that the Lakers do have going for them is the fact that their offense has been very difficult to stop so far on the year.
In the last game between the teams the Lakers took the game by a 20 point margin. The leading scorer for the Lakers ended up being LeBron James with 30 points in the game. Kyle Kuzma and Anthony Davis were the second high scorers with 18 points in the game. Javale McGee and Dwight Howard both pulled down 8 rebounds for the Lakers.
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Portland is going to have to figure out how to play better defensively in the game here. The game for Portland is one that is going to have to play good offensively as well. The Trail Blazers ended up losing by 20 points in the game and that could really set the tempo for the game here.
With the Portland team the last game was led in the scoring by Jusuf Nurkic who ended up putting in a total of 20 points. The second high scorer for Portland was CJ McCollum who ended up getting a total of 18 points in the game. Nurkic was able to lead Portland in the rebounding department as well with a total of 13 boards.
Recent Betting Trends:
Portland are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Portland's last 10 games.
LA Lakers are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of LA Lakers' last 15 games.
Free Betting Pick: Los Angeles Lakers -2.5
Coming to the game here with the series lead the Lakers are going to try to finish out the series. That should be easier to do with the way the Portland defense has been playing lately. Look for the Trail Blazers to put up a little bit of a fight, but the way the Lakers have dominated on the court it will be very difficult to see the Trail Blazers doing much in the game. Final Score, Los Angeles Lakers win 125-110.