Portland Trail Blazers will host Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2020/21 NBA regular season match.
Portland Trail Blazers:
The Blazers had another bright match, especially Carmelo Anthony, who was enchanting in the fourth quarter of the meeting against Philadelphia (118:114). Portland won both head-to-head battles with one of the leaders of the East, but now they will have to play their second match in two days, however, against the outsider of the East.
In addition to Anthony, Damian Lillard also played on his typical good form, scoring 30 points. Once again, Trent Jr. replaced CJ McCollum excellently with 7/12 shots from the field.
In general, “Portland” at home with such a game from a veteran looks very playful. By the way, Anthony in his 36 years has missed only one meeting this season, and has already played three times in back-to-back matches, so with a high degree of probability he will be on the floor again.
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Nothing flattering about the game of Cavaliers can be said. “Cleveland”, firstly, is going through a very difficult calendar in terms of matches with the leading NBA teams, and secondly, on the road, the Cavaliers are not happy at all, losing to everyone in a row.
Cleveland has lost six straight away games with just over 104 points. With such indicators in the attack, one can hardly count on any success. The match against the powerful Denver showed that the leaders of the Cavs can all fall together. The game against Phoenix was already more intriguing, but it was not possible to win. In the last 2.5 minutes, there was a complete failure in the attack. Before that, there were two games with Milwaukee and one meeting with the Clippers. That’s why it is clear how difficult it was to count on victory at all.
Forecast:
When choosing a bet for this meeting, only the second match in two days at Portland is alarming. But, apparently, because of this, the odds for the victory of the Portland is not so low – 1.54. The Blazers can be taken, especially since Cleveland almost does not give up a fight when they play away, regularly losing with a double-digit difference in the score. It is also worth noting that the Cavs have historically played badly in Portland, losing in their last six games, in which they managed to score more than 100 points only twice.