NBA betting action sees the Phoenix Suns<\/strong> taking on the Portland Trail Blazers<\/strong> on Thursday, Feb. 5 at Moda Center in Portland, Ore. Cappers Picks offers free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n Phoenix Suns<\/a> (28-22)\u00a0@ Portland<\/a> (33-16)<\/strong> Click here to view…\u00a0NBA ATS Stats<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Expert NBA Betting Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Phoenix Suns are the epitome of an offense-oriented basketball team. Not only do they have a tendency to play small ball, but they’re No. 4 in points scored per game (106.6) and No. 28 in points allowed per game (104.9).<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63742&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n In the last outing against Portland (Jan. 21), Phoenix took home a win in a high-scoring contest. The Suns won 118-113, but they’re now going up against a Trail Blazers squad that has its big man back: Robin Lopez.<\/p>\n Against Portland, the goal will be to defend the three-point line. The Blazers are sixth in the NBA in terms of three-point percentage and third in terms of three-pointers made each night, while the Suns are just 21st in terms of three-point percentage allowed.<\/p>\n Unlike the Suns, Portland is actually quite good at defending the three-point line. <\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=66501&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n The team from the Northwest Division allows opponents to shoot just 31.4 percent from downtown, which is the best number in the Association.<\/p>\n Although defending the three-point line is always a priority for the Blazers, they need to focus on defending the pick and roll. In particular, the team needs Damian Lillard to fight through screens at a more efficient rate.<\/p>\n Speaking of Lillard, the Blazers need the point guard to step it up on the offensive end as well.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63741&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n He’s been in a slump, and if his shooting game is off, Portland will be in trouble.<\/p>\n Simply put: Phoenix has had Portland’s number of the past couple of seasons. If Portland manages to pull off a win straight up on national television, it will be in dramatic fashion.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63706&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NBA Betting? Suns vs Blazers\u00a0Predictions NBA betting action sees the Phoenix Suns taking on the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, Feb. 5 at Moda Center in Portland, Ore. Cappers Picks offers free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":986,"featured_media":93540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[61013,744,749,2381,3124,21299,30501,65302],"class_list":["post-93539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-61013","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-phoenix-suns-vs-portland-trail-blazers","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-suns-vs-blazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93539","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=93539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93571,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93539\/revisions\/93571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
NBA Basketball Odds<\/h3>\n
\nThursday, Feb. 4<\/strong>
\n10:30 p.m. ET<\/strong>
\nModa Center<\/strong>
\nTV:\u00a0TNT<\/strong>
\nNBA Betting Lines: Portland -4.5<\/strong>
\nNBA Betting Total: 110<\/strong>
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4* NBA\u00a0Prediction: Phoenix +4.5<\/h3>\n
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