{"id":27442,"date":"2013-01-23T12:29:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T17:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27442"},"modified":"2013-01-23T12:29:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T17:29:49","slug":"nba-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-portland-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-portland-trail-blazers-27442\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Indiana Pacers vs. Portland Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers at Portland Trail Blazers
\nWednesday, 1\/23\/13, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSNW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 183.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 183.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"LaMarcus-Aldridge-blazers-98\"Indiana has won three of its last four games, including an 82-81 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies last time out, while going UNDER the total for the third time in that span.\u00a0 The Pacers have won their last six games against Western Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your pro basketball picks Wednesday night.\u00a0 The team is 10-13 overall on the road this season, including a 4-4 mark versus non-conference foes.\u00a0 Indiana is 0-4 ATS as a road underdog of three points or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Pacers will complete their two-game season series against the Trail Blazers, as they picked up a 99-92 win as three-point home underdogs in the first meeting, while going OVER the total of 186.5.\u00a0 Indiana is certainly one of the hottest teams in the Eastern Conference, with a 16-5 record in its last 21 games.\u00a0 \u201cWe knew we had to turn things around,\u201d commented Pacers guard George Hill.<\/p>\n

Portland has lost six games in a row, including the first three of its current five-game road trip.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers suffered a disappointing 98-95 setback to the Washington Wizards last time out, while going UNDER the posted total of 195.5.\u00a0 \u201cYou don\u2019t like to see stretches like this,\u201d commented Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts.\u00a0 \u201cThe one thing that hasn\u2019t wavered is that I like the way our team competes.\u201d\u00a0 Rookie point guard Damian Lillard will need to help lead a turnaround, as he scored a game-high 23 points in his only career meeting versus the Pacers.\u00a0 Portland is 10-5 ATS as a home favorite of three points or less since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers have won the last three meetings against the Pacers at the Rose Garden, while only two of the last seven games played in this series have been decided by less than 10 points.\u00a0 Portland has played 10 consecutive games decided by six points or less, which is a new team record.\u00a0 Power forward LaMarcus Aldridge\u2019s nine double-doubles in January are tied for the most in the NBA.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Trail Blazers due to the favorite covering six of the last seven meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers at Portland Trail Blazers Wednesday, 1\/23\/13, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSNW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 183.5 Current Total:\u00a0 183.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indiana has won three of its last four games, including an 82-81 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies last time out, while going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[5930,3622,3928,565,3303,830,3914,3693],"class_list":["post-27442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-damian-lillard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-george-hill","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-lamarcus-aldridge","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-rose-garden","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27443,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27442\/revisions\/27443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}