What in the world has gotten into the Portland Trail Blazers? Through 25 contests, the team from the Northwest Division has lost just four games, giving it the best record in the entire NBA. [ad-4468020]<\/p>\n
Portland (21-4) @ Cleveland (9-14)<\/strong> NBA ATS Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NBA Betting Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!!\u00a0Buy Razor Ray’s NBA Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Blazers are winning games in every way imaginable, and they\u2019ll look to keep their four-game winning streak alive on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n The Trail Blazers have shown the ability to win down the stretch, but they\u2019re also a threat to dominate from start to finish. Take their last two games, for example: a 139-105 win in Philadelphia, as well as a 111-109 overtime victory in Detroit.<\/p>\n This team is living by the three, but with LaMarcus Aldridge playing like a true MVP candidate, they\u2019ve yet to \u201cdie\u201d when their shot isn\u2019t falling. On the year, Portland is second in three-point percentage and fourth in three-pointers attempted. We know what their game plan is going to be in this one, and it\u2019s up to the Cavaliers to stop it.<\/p>\n Defensively, look for Portland to give up shots at the rim in order to stop three-pointers. Cleveland hasn\u2019t been good from outside this season, and a breakout performance from behind the arc would give them a huge advantage.<\/p>\n Specifically, look for Portland to lock down on Kyrie Irving. The guard is leading the score sheets in Cleveland by a long shot, and allowing anyone else to get off a good look is often better than a contested one from the young star point guard. The Cavaliers are a middle-of-the-road team defensively, as they\u2019re allowing 100 points per game this season. That number is 16th in the NBA, but they\u2019ll have to step up their game in this one, as the Blazers enter not only with the best record, but with the top scoring average of any team across the Association.<\/p>\n Cleveland has to hope for one of two things to happen. First and foremost, the Blazers need to miss shots from the three-point line. When that happens, it means they must make up for it in other areas, and with the length of the Cavs, the mid-range game could be difficult to adjust to.<\/p>\n The other thing Cleveland must see happen is that they control the pace of the game. Portland can play quickly when forced to do so, but they\u2019re also giving up 100.6 points per contest. If the Cavs can get out and run, it will create easy buckets, giving them the opportunity to keep up on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for the Cavs, the Blazers are a great road team this year, and they\u2019re a group that looks nearly unshakable at this point in the season. Portland will slow down eventually, but don\u2019t expect it to be against the 9-14 Cavaliers.<\/p>\n Prediction: Portland 103 \u2013 Cleveland 93<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Portland vs Cleveland NBA Betting Odds What in the world has gotten into the Portland Trail Blazers? Through 25 contests, the team from the Northwest Division has lost just four games, giving it the best record in the entire NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":68084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2483,1794,5543,8911,30501,60701,60702,50143,60703],"class_list":["post-70535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-portland","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-portland-trail-blazers-vs-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-portland-vs-cleveland","tag-trail-blazers","tag-trail-blazers-vs-cavaliers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70552,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70535\/revisions\/70552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTuesday, Dec. 17 7:00 PM ET @ Quicken Loans Arena<\/strong>
\nSpread: PDX -4.5<\/strong>
\nOver\/Under: 205<\/strong><\/p>\nPortland<\/h3>\n
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\nOn the boards, LaMarcus Aldridge and Robin Lopez need to be active against the likes of Tristan Thompson, Anderson Varejao and Andrew Bynum. The three-headed monster down low can make a huge difference, and while Bynum hasn\u2019t been what the team expected him to be, Portland will need to put a body on him every time he enters the paint.<\/p>\nCleveland<\/h3>\n