The Portland Trail Blazers put a scorching stretch on the line tonight with the Phoenix Suns in town.
The pregame narrative: Portland has been stacking one upset win after another and finds itself as a home underdog on Saturday night. I’m not calling for an upset, but I’ll take the Blazers with points to go with prop bets on Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton in a +305 SGP.
Check out my Suns vs. Trail Blazers same-game parlay predictions for Feb. 1.
Suns vs. Trail Blazers predictions
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Parlay: Trail Blazers +7.5 | Booker 25+ points | Ayton double-double (+305)
Trail Blazers +7.5 (-205): Portland is enjoying its best stretch of the season, and although that bar is low, you have to hand it to this team for showing some fight.
Though they’re nowhere near a playoff spot, the Blazers (19-29) have rattled off seven straight ATS victories.
Better yet, they’re 6-1 SU in their past seven … and all of those wins came as underdogs.
Portland has covered this number in both matchups against Phoenix this season, and the Blazers have the rest advantage tonight over a Suns team that played in San Francisco on Friday.
Phoenix is a disastrous 2-10-1 ATS with a rest disadvantage this year, per Team Rankings.
Other SGP legs
Booker 25+ points (-182): I had this same pick in a Suns/Warriors SGP last night, and Booker breezed past this number. He’s a good bet to score 25-plus points on any given night.
- Booker is averaging 25.7 PPG.
- He has 25+ points in 24/42 games (57.1%).
- Against the Blazers, he has 25+ points in five of his past six games (including both matchups this year).
Though the Suns played just last night, Booker isn’t a guy to worry about on zero rest. He’s cashed this bet in four straight back-to-backs, hitting the 30-point milestone in three of those.
Ayton double-double (-124): Ayton has six double-doubles in his past 10 games, averaging 14.1 points and 10.8 rebounds in that span. And the Suns are a good matchup for him to stuff the stat sheet again.
Against opposing centres, Phoenix allows …
- 4th-most points (24.9)
- 9th-most rebounds (15.8)
The Blazers don’t have anybody averaging 20-plus points. Ayton, who leads the team in rebounds (10.2/game), is one of six players averaging a dozen points or more.
Though he’s unlikely to explode for a huge scoring performance, Ayton is always a good bet to hit the double-digit mark (he has 10-plus points in 28 of 34 games).
And given that Phoenix isn’t the sharpest on the glass, I think a double-double is in reach for the ex-Sun tonight.
Picks made at 2:30 p.m. on 02/01/25.
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