The Portland Trail Blazers will be without Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum when they take on the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. The Blazers have lost three straight and six of their last seven, and tonight’s NBA betting odds have them as double-digit underdogs.
Is Portland going to get blown out at the Chase Center tonight? Keep reading our Blazers vs. Warriors NBA picks and predictions for December 8 to find out.
Trail Blazers vs Warriors odds
Odds via the Covers Line, an average comprised of odds from multiple sportsbooks.
The Warriors are heavily favored to win this game, as they opened as 14-point favorites and are now laying as much as 14.5 on some sites. The total opened at 217.5 and is now mostly at 216.5.
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Trail Blazers vs Warriors predictions
Predictions made on 12/8/2021 at 10:35 a.m. ET.
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Trail Blazers vs Warriors game info
• Location: Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
• Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
• Tip-off: 10:00 p.m. ET
• TV: ESPN
Trail Blazers vs Warriors betting preview
Injuries
Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard G (Out), CJ McCollum G (Out), Anfernee Simons G (Questionable), Nassir Little F (Questionable), Ben McLemore G (Questionable), Cody Zeller F (Questionable).
Warriors: Klay Thompson G (Out), James Wiseman C (Out), Andre Iguodala F (Questionable).
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Betting trend to know
The Blazers are 1-12 against the spread in their last 13 games on the road. Find more NBA betting trends for Trail Blazers vs. Warriors.
Trail Blazers vs Warriors picks and predictions
Our predictions are compiled from the analysis of the spread and total and are indications of where we are leaning for this game.
Our best bet is the play that we like the most for this game, which we would actually put some of our bankroll behind.
Spread analysis
The Blazers have the worst defensive rating in the entire NBA, and they now are down Lillard and McCollum. That means that a Portland team that generally needs to rely on its offense to be competitive no longer has its two best scorers. The Blazers could also be without Anfernee Simons in this one, and he would normally stand to be a key contributor in this situation. However, this is very likely to get ugly either way.
Not only is Portland mostly relying on an offense that will be built around Dennis Smith Jr., Norman Powell and Jusuf Nurkic — a trio that would be among the league’s worst if it were the normal lineup — but the Blazers are also facing a Warriors team that is first in the league in defensive rating this season. Kevon Looney and Draymond Green should be effective in handling the Nurkic assignment, and the Warriors can also put Andrew Wiggins, a much-improved defender, on Powell here. That would make it very difficult for Portland to be efficient on the offensive end.
On offense, the Warriors will have a very hungry Steph Curry out there tonight. Curry is 16 threes away from breaking Ray Allen’s all-time made threes record, so he’ll be gunning to get that done. With that, Golden State will be playing an up-tempo game to try to get as many possessions as possible. The Warriors being in attack mode is very bad for the undermanned Blazers.
Prediction: Warriors -14 (-108)
Over/Under analysis
The Under has hit in four of Portland’s last six games, while it has also hit in six of Golden State’s last seven. The Under is also 17-7 in all Warriors games this season, and it moves to 10-5 when they play at home. A big part of the reason that Golden State goes Under so often is that the team often blows out its opponent. When games get extremely lopsided, things slow down significantly in the fourth quarter. That should end up happening in this one, too.
It’s also worth noting that the Under is 11-6 when Portland has failed to cover the spread in three or more consecutive games over the last three seasons.
Prediction: Under 216.5 (-113)
Best bet
In addition to the Warriors having a significant advantage in the talent department in this game, the Blazers haven’t been good when facing any adversity at all this season. Portland is 0-7 against the spread as an underdog on the year, and the team is also 1-10 against the spread when playing on the road. At the same time, Golden State is 16-5 against the spread as a favorite and 12-3 against the spread in home games.
The Warriors have also won and covered in each of their last four home games against the Blazers. Golden State is going to pull away at some point in this game, and the team has the depth to continue to pour it on afterwards.
Pick: Warriors -14 (-108)
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