The Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 22.10.2022;
Kick-Off – 03:00 UK;
Venue – Moda Center (39.393);
City – Portland, Oregon, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Suns – 1.67.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 222.5 – 1.69.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Grant Rebounds Under 4.5 – 2.01.
Portland probably won’t have enough strength for this meeting. Beating the Sacramento Kings is one thing, but facing one of the best teams in the West is another. Even on their home court, the Trail Blazers don’t have much of a chance. We doubt they’ll put up much of a fight against the Suns.
The Portland Trail Blazers have always been regarded as a fast team. In the previous game, Billups’ side confirmed that. It’s likely that the Trail Blazers will play brightly again.
Grant averages 4 rebounds per game in his career.
Some changes to the line-up seem to have done the Portland Trail Blazers some good. Before the start of the season, though, there were doubts about the Blazers’ capabilities. Chauncey Billups’ side won the first game of the regular season. The Trail Blazers took the lead over Sacramento Kings (115-108) on the road.
Jerami Grant was the best player on the winning team. He scored 23 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.
Last season, the Trail Blazers did not progress beyond the regular season. The Blazers finished in 13th place in the Western Conference.
The Blazers made 11 steals in the game against the Kings.
The Phoenix Suns narrowly defeated the Mavericks in the first game of the season. The opponents were separated by just two points (107-105).
Here’s an interesting fact. By halftime, the Suns were trailing Dallas by 17 points. However, then Phoenix was able to turn the game around.
The Suns’ best scorer was Devin Booker, who scored 28 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.
The Suns are averaging 24 assists per game in recent games.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Portland Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard – Anfernee Simons – Josh Hart – Jerami Grant – Jusuf Nurkić.
Phoenix Suns: Chris Paul – Devin Booker – Mikal Bridges – Cameron Johnson – Deandre Ayton.
Gary Payton II (Out), Trendon Watford (Out) and Olivier Sarr (Out) are listed as injured for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Jae Crowder (Out) and Landry Shamet (Out) are listed as injured for the Phoenix Suns.
The Trail Blazers have not scored more than 111 points in 3 of their last 4 games. We offer to bet on “Trail Blazers Points Over 108.5” with odds of 1.82.
The fixture will be played at Moda Center (39.393) in Portland, Oregon, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 22nd of October, 2022, at 03:00 UK Time.
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