NBA betting action sees the Boston Celtics<\/b>\u00a0taking on the\u00a0Portland Trail Blazers<\/strong>\u00a0on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. Cappers Picks provides free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n Boston Celtics<\/a> (13-26)\u00a0vs. Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> (31-12)<\/strong> Click here to view…\u00a0NBA ATS Stats<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Expert NBA Betting Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Boston Celtics enter this game in the middle of a serious drought. Not only have they lost their last three contests, but they’ve dropped five of their last six.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63742&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Taking it one step further, the team from out East has lost 12 of its last 15, contributing to the 13-26 record that’s currently the third worst in the conference.<\/p>\n Entering the contest against Portland, Boston is the 10th-best team in the NBA in terms of points per game. It’s averaging 102.1 points per contest, which is about the only thing going for a team that’s giving up the fifth-most points per game in the NBA.<\/p>\n Against Portland, look for the Celtics to chase the Blazers off the three-point line. <\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=66501&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Boston is the fifth-worst team in the league at defending the long ball — an area Portland will look to utilize with LaMarcus Aldridge out of the lineup.<\/p>\n The Portland Trail Blazers will be without LaMarcus Aldridge for the second-straight contest. In Game 1 without its All-Star, the team fell to the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n That, however, shouldn’t deter betters from looking Portland’s way, as the Suns have beaten the Blazers in Phoenix every time they’ve faced off four years in a row.<\/p>\n Against Boston, the Blazers will have a much clearer edge than they did Wednesday night. <\/p>\n Although Aldridge is still out, they’re going up against a team that not only has trouble defending the three-point line, but is also just 25th in terms of shooting percentage from long range.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63741&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n The other good news for Portland is that Nicolas Batum seems to be back on track. <\/p>\n The swingman from France has struggled all year, but a solid game two outings ago and a season-high in points on Wednesday gives the Blazers another viable scoring option with its leading points-per-game player out of commission.<\/p>\n * Under is 8-2 in BOS last 10 road games. Boston should give up a lot of open looks to a lot of good shooters, and as a result, the Blazers should get something they haven’t gotten since Jan. 11 against the Los Angeles Lakers — a double-digit win.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63706&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NBA Betting? Celtics vs Blazers Predictions NBA betting action sees the Boston Celtics\u00a0taking on the\u00a0Portland Trail Blazers\u00a0on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. Cappers Picks provides free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":986,"featured_media":67894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[61013,5011,43423,65179,21148,749,2381,30501],"class_list":["post-92859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-61013","tag-boston-celtics","tag-boston-celtics-vs-portland-trail-blazers","tag-celtics-vs-blazers","tag-nba-basketball-predictions","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-portland-trail-blazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92859","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\/986"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92859"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92870,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92859\/revisions\/92870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
2015 NBA Picks<\/h3>\n
\nThursday,\u00a0Jan. 22<\/strong>
\n10:00 p.m. ET<\/strong>
\nModa Center<\/strong>
\nTV: Local<\/strong>
\nNBA Betting Lines: \u00a0PDX -7.5<\/strong>
\nNBA Betting Total:\u00a0203<\/strong>
\n***2015 NBA BONUSES***<\/a><\/strong>
\n [dfads params=’groups=63740&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/strong><\/p>\nBoston Celtics<\/h3>\n
Portland Trail Blazers<\/h3>\n
NBA Handicapping Trends:<\/h3>\n
\n* Over is 5-2-1 in BOS last 8 vs. NBA Northwest.
\n* Under is 35-16-3 in BOS last 54 Thu. games.
\n* POR are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 vs. NBA Atlantic.
\n* POR are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 Thu. games.
\n* Under is 18-7-1 in POR last 26 home games.
\n* BOS are 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings in Portland.
\n* Road team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings.<\/p>\n4* NBA\u00a0Prediction: Portland 107 – Boston 93<\/h3>\n
Check out our\u00a0Updated NBA Betting Odds<\/a>.<\/h3>\n