{"id":33264,"date":"2014-03-02T23:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33264"},"modified":"2014-03-02T20:39:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T01:39:44","slug":"nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-portland-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-portland-trail-blazers-33264\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers
\nMonday, 3\/3\/14, 10:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland -12.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 220
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 220
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Portland Trail Blazers have all five probable starters averaging in double figures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles snapped a three-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 126-122 victory over the Sacramento Kings as 2.5-point home favorites last Friday, while going OVER the betting total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Lakers are 10-21 SU on the road this season, including a 3-14 mark versus Western Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-4 SU and 1-3-1 ATS as road underdogs of 12.5 or more points.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have knocked down 34-of-55 shots from beyond the arc over their last two games, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Los Angeles has made 15 or more three-pointers in a game on four occasions, with two of those coming in the last two contests.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has also cracked the century mark in scoring in six of its last seven contests, while it has averaged 103.6 points per game since the calendar turned to 2014.<\/p>\n

Portland has won five games in a row, including a 102-96 victory over the Denver Nuggets as 12-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for a fifth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers have all five probable starters averaging double figures, with power forward LaMarcus Aldridge leading the way at 23.8 points a contest.\u00a0 Since the All-Star break, point guard Damian Lillard has averaged 25.5 points on 50.5 percent shooting.\u00a0 Portland is 14-19-1 ATS in March since the 2011-12 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers have the best win percentage and the most wins when shooting 45 percent or less from the floor.\u00a0 Portland has had the same starting lineup through the team\u2019s first 53 games this season\u2014tied for the sixth longest streak in a season in NBA history and tied for the third longest streak to begin a season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 9-2 in the last 11 meetings in Portland.<\/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":"

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers Monday, 3\/3\/14, 10:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland -12.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 220 Current Total:\u00a0 220 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles snapped a three-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 126-122 victory over the Sacramento Kings as 2.5-point […]<\/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":[3303,68,18,830,3693],"class_list":["post-33264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-lamarcus-aldridge","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264","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=33264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33266,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33264\/revisions\/33266"}],"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=33264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}