Does ‘Rip City’s’ defence fail again?

The Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs face off in a West clash on 03/24/2022. The home side have barely won recently and the reason for the drop is a very tight personnel situation.

Portland Trail Blazers – Statistics & current form

The Trail Blazers have only two wins in the past twelve league games. Moreover, the successes only came against lightweights from the East in the shape of Detroit and Washington.

As mentioned above, the decisive negative factor in this context is a hospital that is bursting at the seams. Several regulars such as Damian Lillard, Joe Ingles or Jusuf Nurkic on the five are injured.

At least Josh Hart is reliable: The shooting guard scored at least 25 points in three of the last four games and has an average output of 19.7 points in March – the best monthly record this season.

Moreover, the 27-year-old will now be rested as he was given a breather in the Trail Blazers’ recent game at Detroit.

San Antonio Spurs – Statistics & current form

Gregg Popovich has recently become the most successful coach in NBA history. No other coach has collected more victories within the regular season. However, the 73-year-old still has to worry about his team reaching the postseason.

The team is currently only in eleventh place, which is why this goal would only be possible via the play-in tournament anyway. The Spurs will also rely on Dejounte Murray once again.

This year’s All-Star has already scored a dozen triple-doubles this season and ranks a very good second behind the current MVP Nikola Jokic (18).

Portland Trail Blazers – San Antonio Spurs Tip

For the duel between the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs, betting on more than 119.5 points by the visitors is a good idea. Due to the tight personnel situation of the home side, their defensive performance has dropped significantly recently.

Thus, ten of the last twelve opponents exceeded the selected limit in points! The Texans will also be very motivated. In the fight for a place in the Play-in Tournament in the West, they still have to climb one place, which is why only a win counts for them in the upcoming game.