Both the Brookly Nets and Portland Trail Blazers have just 13 wins on the season, but the Nets come into their Tuesday night matchup in worse recent form after having lost five straight.
Given the recent form and output, Portland should have enough of an edge to play past the -5 spread in my Nets vs. Trail Blazers predictions.
Continue reading for free NBA picks for this matchup on Tuesday, January 14.
Nets vs Trail Blazers prediction
My best bet
Trail Blazers -5 (-108 at bet365)
My analysis
Both the Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers seem to be heading towards another draft lottery finish, but the Nets have been in much worse form as of late.
Having now dropped five straight and having failed to score more than 105 points in regulation during that time, Brooklyn really has its back against the wall.
They came close to snapping the losing streak on Sunday night but lost an overtime thriller against the Jazz that saw Nic Claxton miss an alley-oop dunk with four seconds left in regulation and the Nets failing to even get a shot off with 2.1 seconds left in overtime.
Nevertheless, there isn't much optimism in the underlying numbers either. They rank dead last in offensive rating during this skid and the gap between them and the second-worst team is as large as the gap between that team and the eighth-worst team.
Portland, for comparison, has at least been near league average during that time according to the same metric (18th).
To Brooklyn's credit, they have been better defensively (23rd) during that time but again, the Trail Blazers have been better by a decent margin (17th).
And making matters worse for the Nets are the status of Bojan Bogdanovic (out), Cameron Johnson (game-time decision), Nic Claxton (game-time decision), and D'Angelo Russell (game-time decision).
Nets vs Trail Blazers same-game parlay
Trail Blazers -4.5
Ben Simmons over 7.5 assists
Anfernee Simons over 3.5 three pointers made
Ben Simmons should have a favorable matchup against a Portland defense that allows the fifth most assists to opposing point guards.
He has gone over the mark just six times in the last ten games, but the potential assist volume has been there.
Simmons has ranked 13th in potential assists during those last ten games, but almost all of the players ahead of him have played 3-5 more games during that span. Of the 12 ranked ahead of him, only two rank higher in potential assists per game and only one ranks higher on a per minute basis.
Another area to attack in this matchup is Brooklyn's poor perimeter defense. Their 37.7% allowed on threes is the third-worst mark this year.
Anfernee Simons may be the best bet to take advantage of that, as Simons has gone over tonight's total of 3.5 in six of his last seven games and has shot an incredible 47.6% from three across his last eight games.
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Nets vs Trail Blazers odds
Nets vs Trail Blazers live odds
Nets vs Trail Blazers opening odds
- Spread: Brooklyn +5 | Portland -5
- Moneyline: Brooklyn +180 | Portland -220
- Over/Under: Over 218 (-110) | Under 218 (-110)
Odds courtesy of bet365
Nets vs Trail Blazers spread and Over/Under analysis
- Despite their poor record, Brooklyn has managed a 20-18 record against the spread.
- Despite a similar 13-win record, Portland has been even better against the spread at 20-17-1.
- The Nets have gone 20-19 towards the Over this year, while the Trail Blazers have gone 19-18-1 to the Under this year.
- This is the third-lowest total of the year for the Blazers, who have gone 1-0-1 in the two games with lower totals.
Nets vs Trail Blazers trend
The Nets have seen more totals in this range, and have gone 9-3 to the Over in games with totals at or below tonight's number. Find more NBA betting trends for Nets vs. Trail Blazers.
How to watch Nets vs Trail Blazers
| Location: | Moda Center, Portland, OR |
| Date: | Tuesday, 1-14-2025 |
| Tip-off: | 10:00 p.m. ET |
| TV: | YES, KUNP |
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