Los Angeles Clippers vs Portland Trail Blazers: Prediction and Betting Tips

Possible line-ups for the match:

Los Angeles Clippers:
G – Reggie Jackson; G – Eric Bledsoe; F – Paul George; F – Nicolas Batum; C – Ivica Zubac.
Portland Trail Blazers:
G – Damian Lillard; G – CJ McCollum; F – Norman Powell; F – Robert Covington; C – Jusuf Nurkic.

Los Angeles Clippers:

After a bad start, the LA Clippers have transformed themselves and already climbed to seventh place in the Western Conference, winning five of their nine games.

In November Tyronn Lue’s squad won the game against Oklahoma City Thunder (99-94), Minnesota Timberwolves (126-115 and 104-84) and Charlotte Hornets (120-106).

In the game against the Charlotte Hornets, six players scored more than 10 points and Paul George was the highest scorer with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Reggie Jackson added 19 points and Luke Kennard had 18.

Marcus Morris, Jason Preston and Kawhi Leonard are among the Clippers’ injured. 

Portland Trail Blazers:

Portland Trail Blazers are ninth in the Western Conference standings, with five wins and five losses.

Remarkably, the Portland Trail Blazers won only at home, as they did in their last game against the Los Angeles Lakers (105-90).

Damian Lillard was most productive for the Portland Trail Blazers with 25 points and 6 assists. But C.J. McCollum made only 1 of 10 three-pointers and finished with 7 points.

Portland has no squad problems at the moment.

Los Angeles Clippers vs Portland Trail Blazers statistics:

• The Los Angeles Clippers have 14 losses per game on average this season.
• The Portland Trail Blazers have 48 rebounds per game on average during the current NBA regular season.
• In the last five head-to-head games, there has been one draw in the quarters.

Los Angeles Clippers vs Portland Trail Blazers Tips:

It’s a difficult task to choose a winning side in this match because the Clippers cannot rely on one of their leaders and the Blazers have yet to win any away games.

However, we think the Clippers will get the win.

Our first prediction and bet are the Clippers’ win with the odds of 1.71 with the VBet bookmaker.

Even though the Clippers have been showing some good attacking play lately, the Trail Blazers also know how to reply sharply, especially when Damian Lillard is in good form. 

Our second prediction and bet are total match points over 216.5 with the odds of 1.74 with the VBet bookmaker.