Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz Prediction and Betting Pick. Portland Trail Blazers host Utah Jazz as -6.5 favorites with a 185.5 line at 10.00 PM ET on Saturday, April 11 2015. Portland won six of last seven meetings, including the last meeting in Utah 89-92, played on March 25.
Portland will be missing Arron Afflalo
Portland Trail Blazers will likely be #4 in the Western Conference as their chances of moving up are slim. Portland are a powerhouse at home where they’ve lost only 8 games so far but have failed to cover the spread 17 times, indicating that the bookmakers might be favoring them too much.
Utah Jazz lost to Memphis Grizzlies on Friday and that was only their second defeat in the last seven games. Pretty good form for a team that won’t see the playoffs.
Tale of the Tape
Portland Record: 51-28 (32-8 Home)
Portland Against the Spread: 40-38 (22-17 Home)
Portland Last 10: 7-3 (6-4 ATS)
Utah Record: 36-43 (16-23 Road)
Utah Against the Spread: 42-34 (22-15 Road)
Utah Last 10: 5-5 (5-4 ATS)
Portland and Utah Team News
Portland will be without two important players for this game, guard Arron Afflalo and forward LaMarcus Aldridge. Dorell Wright is also out, and Wesley Matthews is on the sidelines for 19 games already. Utah have only one absentee, Alec Burks, and he’s been missing for a while now.
Trail Blazers vs Jazz Lineups
Trail Blazers: Nicolas Batum, Chris Kaman, Robin Lopez, Damian Lillard, C.J. McCollum.
Jazz: Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Rudy Gobert, Rodney Hood, Dante Exum.
Utah at Portland
10:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 11, 2015
Moda Center at the Rose Quarter, Portland, Oregon
Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz Prediction. Portland will be without Aldridge and Afflalo, and the latter will be replaced by MyCollum, who’s averaging 15.8 PPG. Aldridge will be much harder to replace. Portland don’t tend to win by a large margin at home and are content with grabbing the win, and Utah Jazz are in fine form. Expect the visitors to cover. Trail Blazers vs Jazz Betting Pick: Jazz +6.5. Trail Blazers vs Jazz Predicted Score: 98-94
