LA Clippers (41-34) at Portland (46-29)
When: Friday, March 30th 2018
Where: Moda Center, Portland, OR
Time: 10:35 ET | TV: ESPN
Opening Odds: Portland -5.5/219.5
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The Western Conference playoff race is getting really interesting and promises to be exciting as we enter the home stretch of the 2017-18 NBA season. Fourth through 10th place in the overall standings are separated by just 3.5 games, and the Los Angeles Clippers sit currently in the ninth spot – one game behind eighth place Utah. The Clippers will visit the No. 3 seed Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night in hopes of continuing their hot play and surge up the standings. The Clippers will got for their fourth consecutive victory and will also try and split the four-game season series with Portland, winning the last time they entered the Moda Center, but losing both at Staples Center. The Clippers used an 18-0 run in the fourth quarter to get past the Phoenix Suns in a 111-99 win on Wednesday and spent the night and have been doing a lot of scoreboard watching. Portland ran off a 13-game winning streak recently that included win No. 13 at the Clippers on March 18th, but have since lost three of their past five contests, including a shocking 108-103 setback at the lowly Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.
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Los Angeles’ remaining schedule is kind of a glass half-full, half-empty situation. They only have one more road game after Friday, but six of their final seven games will be against teams with winning records. Center DeAndre Jordan is having a terrific month, averaging 17.3 rebounds while shooting 64.1% from the floor in March. Tobias Harris, acquired from the Detroit Pistons at the end of January, scored a team-high 27 points in the win over Phoenix and has scored 18 or more in five straight contests. L.A. will host the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.
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Two of Portland’s victories in their last five games have been impressive – road wins over Oklahoma City and New Orleans – before losing to the second-worse team in the West. CJ McCollum did all he could with 42 points on 16-of-25 shooting, while All-Star point guard Damian Lillard missed the game following the birth of his child. Lillard is expected back in the lineup on Friday for the key game against Los Angeles. Backup point guard Wade Baldwin IV made his second appearance of the season on Wednesday and scored 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench.
The Clippers are really making a run at the playoffs and are playing well right now. I just don’t think they have enough to beat a Blazers team who smoked the Clippers 12 days ago. Portland is also coming off that embarrassing loss and will be focused tonight.
Pick: Blazers -6
- Clippers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Clippers are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 Friday games.
- Clippers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
- Clippers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Clippers are 10-3 ATS in their last 13 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Clippers are 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games following a straight up win of more than 10 points.
- Clippers are 20-7-1 ATS in their last 28 road games.
- Clippers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS win.
- Clippers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 vs. Western Conference.
- Clippers are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Trail Blazers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a ATS loss.
- Trail Blazers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 vs. NBA Pacific.
- Trail Blazers are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Trail Blazers are 11-1 ATS in their last 12 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Trail Blazers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Trail Blazers are 21-6-1 ATS in their last 28 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Trail Blazers are 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Trail Blazers are 19-7-1 ATS in their last 27 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Trail Blazers are 18-7-1 ATS in their last 26 home games.
- Trail Blazers are 18-7-2 ATS in their last 27 vs. Western Conference.
- Trail Blazers are 34-15-2 ATS in their last 51 games overall.
- Under is 4-0 in Clippers last 4 overall.
- Under is 5-0 in Clippers last 5 games following a straight up win.
- Over is 4-0 in Clippers last 4 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Under is 4-0 in Clippers last 4 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 4-1 in Clippers last 5 games following a straight up win of more than 10 points.
- Over is 7-3 in Clippers last 10 vs. Western Conference.
- Over is 9-4 in Clippers last 13 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Over is 5-0 in Trail Blazers last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Under is 6-1 in Trail Blazers last 7 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Over is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 Friday games.
- Over is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 5-2 in Trail Blazers last 7 vs. NBA Pacific.
- Under is 5-2 in Trail Blazers last 7 games following a ATS loss.
- Over is 15-7-2 in the last 24 meetings in Portland.
- Road team is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.
