Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics: Prediction and Betting Tips

Possible line-ups for the match:

Portland Trail Blazers:
G – Anfernee Simons; G – CJ McCollum; F – Norman Powell; F – Robert Covington; C – Jusuf Nurkic.
Boston Celtics:
G – Dennis Schroder; G – Marcus Smart; F – Jayson Tatum; F – Grant Williams; C – Al Horford.

Portland Trail Blazers:

The Portland Trail Blazers are ninth in the Western Conference standings with 11 wins and 12 losses.

In their last five games, the Trail Blazers won only against the Detroit Pistons (110-92), losing to the Sacramento Kings (121-125), Golden State Warriors (103-118), Utah Jazz (107-1129), and San Antonio Spurs (83-114).

#RipCity pic.twitter.com/TLL838mBTW

— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) December 3, 2021

CJ McCollum and Norman Powell each scored 16 points in the game against Spurs. Ben McLemore scored 11 points off the bench.

The Portland Trail Blazers are still forced to play without the injured Damian Lillard. Nassir Little and Anfernee Simons are also on the sideline.

Boston Celtics:

The Boston Celtics finished ninth in the Eastern Conference standings with 12 wins and 11 losses.

After beating the Toronto Raptors (109-97) and Philadelphia 76ers(88-87), the Celtics were defeated by the Utah Jazz (130-137) the day before.

We almost eeked out a win in Utah despite a record-setting shooting night by the Jazz. https://t.co/Kim1dAZ9Bm

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) December 4, 2021

Jayson Tatum had 37 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dennis Schroeder had 26 points and Al Harford had 21 points, 9 assists, and 6 rebounds.

Jaylen Brown and Romeo Langford are recovering from injuries to the Boston Celtics.

Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics Statistics: 

• The Portland Trail Blazers are averaging 12.7 losses per game.
• The Boston Celtics are averaging 47.2 rebounds per game during the regular season.

Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics Tips:

Although the Celtics will play their second game in a row, we’ll support them too, as the Trail Blazers don’t look like themselves without Damian Lillard.

Yes, the visitors may play without Jaylen Brown, but his return to the floor is quite likely, especially since no one has reported a serious injury.

Our first prediction and bet are the handicap (-1.5) for the Boston Celtics with the odds of 1.95 with the VBet bookmaker.

The Boston Celtics had a productive game against the Utah Jazz, but that was an exception.

83 points in the previous game were catastrophic. We probably shouldn’t expect the upcoming game to be spectacular.

Our second prediction and bet are total match points under 220.5 with the odds of 1.67 with the Vbet bookmaker.