Trail Blazers +10.5<\/strong> (-157):<\/strong> The Lakers are in a cold spell right now at a tough point in their schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe team is about to play its fifth game in eight days before having a five-day break. While the rest is much needed for the veteran-riddled Lakers, they still have Portland to deal with on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the Blazers haven’t been a team to take lightly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Portland is surprisingly 8-15 on the season but has been blown out in back-to-back games. However, it covered this spread in seven of nine previous contests heading into those losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Blazers are 12-10-1 ATS this season while the Lakers are 9-14-0 ATS. I’ll ride with the better-rested team here on a lofty spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Avdija over 11.5 points (-143):<\/strong> Every so often I find a play for the hardcore ball fans and I think I found one here.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAvdija was placed back in a bench role recently but that hasn’t slowed him down. In three games off the bench, the fifth-year pro cleared this line twice, averaging 14.0 points in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, he finds himself in a strong matchup with the Lakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Los Angeles has the fifth-worst defensive rating (118.8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n- The Lakers allow the fifth-most points to small forwards (23.6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Avdija cleared this line in nine straight before dropping six points against the Utah Jazz on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ayton over 0.5 blocks (-143):<\/strong> Here’s the situation for the Blazers on Sunday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Robert Williams is ruled out<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Donovan Clingan is ruled out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
That’s two centres missing from the rotation. That leaves one player that can protect the rim and that’s Ayton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The big man has a block in four of the past five games and is averaging just under one rejection per game (0.8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Anthony Davis hanging out in the paint, Portland will be forced to rely on Ayton which should result in an uptick in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s really the key to this leg. The more Ayton is out there, the more likely he is to get a block on defence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Picks made at 12:45 p.m. on 12\/08\/24.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Portland Trail Blazers visit the struggling Los Angeles Lakers. The pregame narrative: The Lakers are 3-7 across their last 10 games and I expect Portland to cover a teased-up spread. I’m filling out my parlay with prop picks on Deni Avdija and Deandre Ayton. Check out my Trail Blazers vs. Lakers same-game parlay predictions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":313872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83,12],"class_list":["post-313755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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