Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/06/2023

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Thursday, April 6, 2023

Venue:  Moody Center, Austin, TX

Where to Watch:  CW35

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +2.5, Spurs -2.5; Over/Under:  230 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +2.5, Spurs -2.5; Over/Under:  230 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +2.5, Spurs -2.5; Over/Under:  230 points

Portland Trail Blazers:  33-46 (5th place, Northwest Division)

San Antonio Spurs:  20-59 (4th place, Southwest Division)

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Portland Trail Blazers:  2-8 last 10

San Antonio Spurs:  2-8 last 10

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game with a 33-46 record overall and they are 16-23 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Memphis Grizzlies in their last game. Skylar Mays led the team in points in that game with 24 while Shaedon Sharpe was next on the team with 20 points. Skylar Mays led the team in assists in that game with 7 while Drew Eubanks, Skylar Mays, and Shaedon Sharpe each led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 43.3% from the field, 33.3% from 3-point range, and 64.7% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 113.2 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 116.5 PPG against them. The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 38-41 this season and their O/U record is 37-40-2.

The Spurs are coming into this game with a 20-59 record overall and they are 13-26 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Phoenix Suns in their last game. Malaki Branham led the team in points in that game with 21 while Tre Jones was next on the team with 20 points. Tre Jones led the team in assists in that game with 9 while Sandro Mamukelashvili led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 38.9% from the field, 32.5% from 3-point range, and 78.6% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 112.3 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 122.7 PPG against them. The Spurs have an ATS record of 32-47 this season and their O/U record is 44-33-2.

The current betting odds have the Spurs listed as a 2.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Spurs have been terrible this season with their 20-59 record overall making them one of the worst teams in the West and the entire NBA. They haven't been great in their home games either but this game is actually on a neutral site in the state of Texas. The Trail Blazers are only 33-46 overall this season and they have pretty much mailed in the season with most of their players sitting out the rest of the season. Neither of these teams have been good lately but the Trail Blazers are going to have a lot of new faces playing in these games while the Spurs have been playing with their youth all year so they should be able to win this game and bounce back from their loss. The best way to place a bet here is on the Spurs to cover the spread in this game. 

Trail Blazers Spurs Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Thursday, April 6, 2023 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Spurs 117 Trail Blazers 110.

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Portland Trail Blazers: 2-8 ATS off a road cover where the team lost straight up as an underdog. 19-26 ATS as an underdog. 12-4 OVER after 3 straight games - allowing a shooting pct. of 47% or higher. 

San Antonio Spurs: 11-6 ATS revenging a road loss vs opponent of 10 points or more. 13-7 ATS after scoring 95 points or less. 25-13 OVER when playing with double revenge - 2 straight losses vs. opponent.

Portland Trail Blazers:  K. Johnson (SG) Ques Thurs - Finger. C. Reddish (SF) Ques Thurs - Back. N. Little (SF) Ques Thurs - Ankle. M. Thybulle (SG) Ques Thurs - Knee. T. Watford (SF) Ques Thurs - Ankle. J. Nurkic (C) Out indefinitely - Knee. A. Simons (SG) Out indefinitely - Foot. J. Winslow (SF) out for season - Ankle. D. Lillard (PG) out for season - Calf. J. Grant (SF) Out indefinitely - Quadricep. I. Badji (C) out for season - Knee.

San Antonio Spurs:  Z. Collins (PF) Ques Thurs - Finger. K. Johnson (SF) Ques Thurs - Foot. J. Sochan (PF) Out indefinitely - Knee. K. Birch (C) Mid April - Knee. C. Bassey (C) out for season - Knee.

“I thought we definitely played hard. We were in it the whole game, and that speaks volumes to all the guys, how competitive we are and how much heart we have.” - Jabari Walker after their loss against the Grizzlies in their game on Tuesday.

“Obviously it was going to be a tough, tough night for them, but their competitiveness was great. I think we were intimidated (in the first quarter). After that we played very competitively and we executed pretty well against a very good basketball team.” - Gregg Popovich after his team’s loss against the Suns in their game on Tuesday.

PG Skylar Mays

SG Shaedon Sharpe

SF Matisse Thybulle

PF Nassir Little

C Drew Eubanks

PG Tre Jones 

SG Malaki Branham

SF Devonte' Graham

PF Keita Bates-Diop 

C Sandro Mamukelashvili

PPG: D. Lillard (32.2)

APG: D. Lillard (7.3)

Reb/G: J. Nurkic (9.1)

PPG: K. Johnson (22)

APG: T. Jones (6.4)

Reb/G: Z. Collins (6.3)

Coaches:

Portland Trail Blazers: Chauncey Billups (2nd season)

San Antonio Spurs: Gregg Popovich (27th season)