The Portland Trail Blazers (2-2) and Utah Jazz (2-1) will face off in the NBA tonight. Tipoff is set for 9:00 p.m. ET from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The game will broadcast live on KUNP.
The Blazers are 3.5-point favorites over the Jazz on the spread (Blazers -3.5), with the over/under set at 234 total points. Portland is a -150 favorite to win outright on the moneyline, while Utah is +125 to pull off the upset.
Let's get into my Trail Blazers vs. Jazz predictions and NBA picks for Wednesday, October 29.
My Trail Blazers vs Jazz Prediction
- Trail Blazers vs Jazz pick: Jrue Holiday Over 25.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists (-145)
My Trail Blazers vs Jazz best bet is on Jrue Holiday over 25.5 points + rebounds + assists, with the best price currently available at BetMGM. But as always, make sure to find the best odds by checking our live NBA odds page.
Trail Blazers vs Jazz Odds
| Trail Blazers Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-3.5 -105 | 234 -110o / -110u | -150 |
| Jazz Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+3.5 -115 | 234 -110o / -110u | +125 |
Trail Blazers vs Jazz NBA Preview
In this game, I'm backing Jrue Holiday to go over his PRA line.
In his four games this season, he's recorded 27 or more for this Portland team.
The notable thing for me here is this: when Holiday was playing in Boston, there were some games in which he shot the ball 20 times, and others in which he shot it two times.
With the Blazers, though, the one consistent factor is actually his shooting volume, which has been a little surprising.
Holiday has taken 15, 14, 12 and 15 shots in these four games.
He's getting plenty of opportunities to shoot and score when running this offense, and he's been extremely effective in doing so; he is averaging 17.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists.
Also, I think this is a great matchup against the Jazz, who are allowing the most assists to point guards and the second most assists overall on a per-game basis.
They have the second-worst adjusted defensive rating in the league, and their offense is also the second-worst.
This is a spot where there's going to be a lot of rebounds to clean up, and Holiday is going to be able to take advantage, especially because I think Donovan Clingan and Walker Kessler will probably cancel each other out in terms of boxing out.
So, I think there will be some extra rebounds for the guards.
Trail Blazers vs Jazz Prediction, Betting Analysis
Portland is playing at the seventh-fastest pace in the league, while Utah is at 25th.
I think there's a much better probability of Portland being able to speed Utah up than Utah slowing Portland down, which should help to increase the number of possessions in this game and give us more opportunities.
So I like Jrue Holiday's Over 25.5 PRA tonight.
Pick: Jrue Holiday Over 25.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists (-145)
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