{"id":7253,"date":"2009-01-15T17:43:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T22:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=7253"},"modified":"2009-01-15T17:43:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T22:43:58","slug":"blazers-nets-free-pick-150109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/blazers-nets-free-pick-150109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Trailblazers vs. Nets (Jan. 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Red hot Blazers take on the Nets<\/h2>\n<p>The Portland Trail Blazers (23-15 SU, 17-20 ATS, 15-22 O\/U) had their modest three-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday, getting routed by the red-hot Philadelphia 76ers 100-79 while failing to cover the spread in the BetUS Sportsbook as 2-point road favorites in the BetUS Sportsbook.\u00a0The New Jersey Nets (19-20 SU, 21-18 ATS, 20-19 O\/U) were also beaten senseless in their 118-86 shellacking at the hands of the defending-champion Boston Celtics on Wednesday. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, both ballclubs will be looking to get back in the win column when they meet at the Izod Center.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Roy had 27 points with five rebounds and six assists in the loss as only one other player (LaMarcus Aldridge) reached double figures in scoring. The Blazers shot a tepid 39.4 percent from the field while allowing Philadelphia to shoot a blistering 47.8 percent (11-for-23) from long distance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our rhythm offensively wasn&#8217;t very good and we&#8217;re not really guarding anybody either,&#8221; said Brandon Roy, averaging 19.0 points, 6.3 boards and 4.7 assists in three games since missing four contests with a strained right hamstring.<\/p>\n<p>Portland lost veteran point guard Steve Blake to a separated right shoulder in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll definitely help and have the ball a lot more now with Blake being out,&#8221; Roy said. &#8220;I have to be more aggressive earlier in the game to get us going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey got a team-high 17 points from point guard Devin Harris but shot just 38.8 percent from the field while allowing Boston to shoot a scorching 56.4 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They kicked us real good,&#8221; New Jersey coach Lawrence Frank said. &#8220;When talent works hard like that, you get embarrassed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"NBA Betting\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seven of the Nets\u2019 20 losses this season have been by 20 or more points.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We didn&#8217;t have too much fight,&#8221; said Devin Harris, who had a team-high 17 points Wednesday. &#8220;We&#8217;ve still got a lot of work to do and I look forward to the next game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Pic<\/strong>k.<\/p>\n<p>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 9 of Portland&#8217;s last 11 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 7 of Portland&#8217;s last 9 games when playing New Jersey<br \/>\nPortland is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing New Jersey<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Portland<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>\nNew Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Jersey&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Portland<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Portland Trailblazers -2 -110<br \/>\nNew Jersey Nets +2 -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 188\u00bd -110<br \/>\nUnder 188\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis:<\/strong> Even without point guard Steve Blake, I like the Portland Trailblazers to bounce back from their resounding loss to beat the Nets and cover the spread, though I\u2019m not expecting a rout by any means.<\/p>\n<p>Take the blossoming \u2013 and much hungrier \u2013 Trailblazers to cover the spread with the outright win.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Blazers -2 Points\/Over 188\u00bd Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the Blazers and the Nets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1979,3938,3939,1975,8730,4045,744,4044,3942,747,3925,6070,5067,4934,8731,7043,8732],"class_list":["post-7253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-blazers-vs-nets","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-nets-betting-trends","tag-new-jersey-nets","tag-portland-trailblazers","tag-portland-trailblazers-vs-new-jersey-nets","tag-trailblazers-betting-trends","tag-trailblazers-vs-nets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7253","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=7253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7255,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7253\/revisions\/7255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}