Portland Trail Blazers at Washington Wizards odds, picks and best bets
The Portland Trail Blazers (14-21) visit the Washington Wizards (10-23) Friday at Capital One Arena for a 7 p.m. ET tip-off. We analyze the Trail Blazers-Wizards odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.
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Trail Blazers at Wizards: Key Injuries
Trail Blazers
- C Zach Collins (shoulder) out
- SF Mario Hezonja (back) probable
- SG Rodney Hood (Achilles) out
- C Skal Labissiere (knee) out
- C Jusuf Nurkic (leg) out
Wizards
- SG Bradley Beal (leg) questionable
- PF Davis Bertans (quad) out
- C Thomas Bryant (foot) out
- PF Rui Hachimura (groin) out
- SF C.J. Miles (wrist) out
- C Moritz Wagner (ankle) out
- PG John Wall (Achilles) out
Trail Blazers at Wizards: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM; access Paste BN Sports for a full set of today's betting odds. Odds last updated at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Prediction
Trail Blazers 132, Wizards 120
Moneyline (ML)
The Trail Blazers (-250) are sizable road favorites against the injury-depleted Wizards (+200). The Wiz have lost seven of their last 10 games and are coming off a 122-101 home loss against the Orlando Magic Wednesday. The Blazers have dropped five straight, including a 117-93 home loss at the New York Knicks Wednesday, but they had previously won four in a row and they're an adequate 5-6 against the Eastern Conference while the Wizards are 4-10 against the West.
Washington is outscored 121.0-116.2 on average while Portland is outscored 114.1-112.0. A slightly better Blazers defense will be able to contain the undermanned Wiz; however, there's no value in the -244 with a $10 bet returning a profit of just $4.10. PASS and play the spread.
Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
Get your value on the TRAIL BLAZERS (-6.5, -106) to win by at least six points. Portland is just 13-20-2 against the spread overall and 6-12 on the road, while Washington is 16-16-1 ATS overall and 5-9 at home. Nine of Portland's 14 wins this year were decided by at least a 6-point margin. Each of Washington's last four losses was by at least 6 points.
Over/Under (O/U)
Take the OVER 236.5 (-106) with the Blazers able to have their way against the thin frontcourt of the Wiz. No team in the NBA hits the Over at a higher rate than the Wizards (20-12-1) with their porous defense boosting the opponent point totals. The Trail Blazers are 18-17 against the Over/Under for the season.
Esten's NBA betting record: 120-90
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