[3:30 PM] Trail Blazers @ Nets

Who will WIN this matchup?

Portland Trail Blazers (7-7)

@ Brooklyn Nets (4-8)

 

• The line for this game is Portland by 4 points.

• The Brooklyn Nets are where other teams go when they want to get their offenses back in gear, and the Portland Trail Blazers could use a tune up. The Nets will try to hold an opponent under 124 points for the first time this week when they host the Trail Blazers on Sunday.

• Lillard, who told reporters, “we kind of suck right now, it’s that simple,” after a 126-109 loss to Houston on Thursday, went 8-of-24 from the field and scored 27 points at New Orleans. The point guard, who made news before the season by suggesting he would be in the MVP race at the end of the season, is shooting 34.9 percent from the field during the three-game slide. Lillard is shooting 57 percent from the floor in Portland’s seven wins and 37 percent in the seven losses, including 27.1 percent from 3-point range.

• Brooklyn put up 40 points in the first quarter at Oklahoma City but could not keep that pace the rest of the way and quickly fell behind. Some of the problems with making the extra pass stem from the absence of starting point guard Jeremy Lin (hamstring), who sat out the last seven games and remains questionable for Sunday.

• Nets G Bojan Bogdanovic is 23-of-35 from the floor over the last three games.

• Trail Blazers C Mason Plumlee posted his first double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds on Friday.

• Portland took five of the last six in the series, including both meetings last season.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Portland Trail Blazers

Confidence: 5/10

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