{"id":33660,"date":"2014-03-27T10:19:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33660"},"modified":"2014-03-27T10:19:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:19:55","slug":"nba-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-atlanta-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-atlanta-hawks-33660\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Atlanta Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Atlanta Hawks
\nThursday, 3\/27\/14, 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 210
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 209.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Portland Trail Blazers are 19-18 SU on the road this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland has dropped three games in a row, including a 95-85 defeat to the Orlando Magic as 6.5-point road favorites Tuesday, while going UNDER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers have four of five probable starters averaging double figures, with point guard Damian Lillard leading the way at 21.1 points a contest, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Portland is 9-3 SU and 8-4 ATS off a upset loss as a favorite this season.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers picked up a 102-78 blowout home victory over the Hawks in the first meeting this season on March 5, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 In eight of the last 10 meetings between the two teams\u2014neither squad has scored 100 points.\u00a0 Portland is 19-18 SU on the road this season, which happens to be the sixth-most wins away from home for any team.<\/p>\n

Atlanta is looking to snap a four-game losing streak, which includes a 107-83 setback to the Minnesota Timberwolves as 5.5-point road underdogs Wednesday, while going UNDER the betting total for a third consecutive affair.\u00a0 The Hawks are led by the play of forward Paul Millsap, who is the only player in the league averaging at least 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has scored 100-plus points 42 times this year, which equals last season\u2019s total in that category.\u00a0 Atlanta is 7-18 SU and 5-18-2 ATS in the second half of the 2013-14 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Hawks will need point guard Jeff Teague to continue his solid outside shooting, as he\u2019s knocked down at least one three-pointer in eight consecutive games\u2014knocking down 50.0 percent of his shots from beyond the arc over that span.\u00a0 Atlanta is 20-13 SU at home this season, including an 8-6 mark versus Western Conference opponents.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Trail Blazers due to the Hawks being 1-10 ATS in their last 11 games versus non-conference opponents.<\/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":"

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Atlanta Hawks Thursday, 3\/27\/14, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 210 Current Total:\u00a0 209.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Portland has dropped three games in a row, including a 95-85 defeat to the Orlando Magic as 6.5-point road favorites Tuesday, while going UNDER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[834,5930,18,3784,830],"class_list":["post-33660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-damian-lillard","tag-nba","tag-paul-millsap","tag-portland-trail-blazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33660","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=33660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33661,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33660\/revisions\/33661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}