Houston Rockets vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, Preview and Odds - 03/26/2022

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Saturday, March 26, 2022

Venue:  Moda Center, Portland, OR

Where to Watch:  ROOT Sports NW

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Rockets -3.5, Trail Blazers +3.5; Over/Under:  232.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Rockets -3.5, Trail Blazers +3.5; Over/Under:  232.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Rockets -3.5, Trail Blazers +3.5; Over/Under:  232.5 points

 

Houston Rockets:  18-55 (5th place, Southwest Division)

Portland Trail Blazers:  27-45 (4th place, Northwest Division)

 

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Houston Rockets:  3-7 last 10

Portland Trail Blazers:  2-8 last 10

 

 

 

The Rockets are coming into this game with a 18-55 record overall and they are 7-30 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 6 of their last 7 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Washington Wizards while their 6 losses in that span came against the Dallas Mavericks, the New Orleans Pelicans, the Phoenix Suns, the Indiana Pacers, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Mavericks again in their last game. They still have a game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night that needs to be played first so this will be the 2nd leg of a back-to-back for them on Saturday night. In their game against the Mavericks, Alperen Şengün led the team in points in that game with 14 while Jae'Sean Tate was next on the team with 13 points. Kevin Porter Jr. led the team in assists in that game with 5 while Şengün led the team in rebounds with 11. They were 40.2% from the field, 14.3% from 3-point range, and 75% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 108.7 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 118.1 PPG against them. The Rockets have an ATS record of 29-43-1 this season and their O/U record is 39-33-1.

 

 

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game with a 27-45 record overall and they are 17-19 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 5 of their last 6 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Detroit Pistons while their 5 losses in that span came against the Atlanta Hawks, the New York Knicks, the Brooklyn Nets, the Indiana Pacers, and the San Antonio Spurs in their last game. They still have a game against the Houston Rockets on Friday night that needs to be played first so this will be the 2nd leg of a back-to-back for them on Saturday night. In their game against the Spurs, Ben McLemore off the bench led the team in points in that game with 23 while Drew Eubanks was next on the team with 20 points. Eubanks led the team in assists in that game with 4 while Greg Brown led the team in rebounds with 14. They were 38.3% from the field, 26.9% from 3-point range, and 94.4% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 107.2 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 114.5 PPG against them. The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 29-42-1 this season and their O/U record is 35-36-1.

 

 

Both of these teams are coming into this game as two of the worst teams in the NBA and they have both been playing awful in their recent games. These two play each other in Portland on Friday night as well so this is a back-to-back game for both with Portland being at home for both games. The Rockets have lost 6 of their last 7 games and they are coming off of a loss by close to 20 points in their last game. They have been getting blown out by double digits in a lot of their recent games but they are going up against a Trail Blazers team that has also lost 5 of their last 6 games and have been losing by double digits a lot as well. The Trail Blazers are also coming off of their own blowout loss by over 30 points against the Spurs and they are missing a lot of their players due to injury. The Rockets are fully healthy here and even though they have not been playing well, this is their chance to get a win against a depleted Trail Blazers team that will also be tired from the night before with not a lot of talented depth to work with. Regardless of what happens in their game on Friday, the Rockets should be able to win this game by double digits.

 

 

Rockets Trail Blazers Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Saturday, March 26, 2022 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Rockets 125 Trail Blazers 111.

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Houston Rockets: 31-21 ATS when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days. 31-22 UNDER when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days. 20-13 UNDER in March games.

Portland Trail Blazers: 14-24 ATS as a home underdog. 12-5 UNDER as a home underdog. 20-14 UNDER in home games.

 

 

Houston Rockets:  J. Wall (PG) Out indefinitely - Holdout.

Portland Trail Blazers:  J. Winslow (SF) Ques Fri - Calf injury. J. Hart (SG) Ques Fri - Knee injury. J. Nurkic (C) Early April - Foot injury. A. Simons (SG) Early April - Knee injury. D. Lillard (PG) out for season - Abdominal injury. J. Ingles (SF) out for season - Knee injury. E. Bledsoe (PG) Out indefinitely - Achilles injury. D. Louzada (PG) Out indefinitely - Knee injury. N. Little (SF) out for season - Shoulder injury.

 

 

 

"They make it hard on you to get good shots. We have to learn how to create good shots against a good defensive team with our pace, with our actions, with our spacing. We didn't do that tonight." - Stephen Silas on his team’s loss against the Mavericks on Wednesday night.

 

 

"I don't think we prepared for the battle that was going to happen. Our guys looked tired, man. They looked really tired to be honest with you." - Chauncey Billups on his team’s loss against the Spurs on Wednesday night.

 

 

 

PG     Kevin Porter Jr.

SG     Jalen Green

SF     Eric Gordon

PF    Jae'Sean Tate

C     Christian Wood

 

PG     Kris Dunn

SG     Josh Hart

SF     Justise Winslow

PF     Trendon Watford

C      Drew Eubanks

 

 

PPG: C. Wood (18.1)

APG: K. Porter Jr. (5.9)

Reb/G: C. Wood (10.1)

 

PPG: D. Lillard (24)

APG: D. Lillard (7.3)

Reb/G: J. Nurkic (11.1)

 

Coaches:

Houston Rockets: Stephen Silas (2nd season)

Portland Trail Blazers: Chauncey Billups (1st season)