Portland Trail Blazers vs Indiana Pacers 12/4/22 NBA Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Portland Trail Blazers play host to the Indiana Pacers at the Moda Center on Sunday night.

The Indiana Pacers have been in a bit of a rut as they’ve lost four of their past six games and they will be hoping to avoid a third straight defeat after getting thrashed by the Jazz in a 139-119 road loss on Friday. Myles Turner led the team with 18 points on seven of nine shooting, Tyrese Haliburton added 14 points with four assists while Andrew Nembhard chipped in with 13 points and 10 rebounds. As a team, the Pacers shot just 43 percent from the field and 12 of 34 from the 3-point line, but they just had no answer for the Jazz who caught fire early with 75 points in the first half. Benedict Mathurin had a rough night as he scored just 12 points on three of 10 shooting while Buddy Hield scored just six points on two of eight shooting.

Meanwhile, the Portland Trail Blazers have been in a real funk as they’ve lost seven of their last nine games, but they will be eager to build some momentum after snapping a three-game skid with a 116-111 road win last night. Anfernee Simons led the team with 45 points on 15 of 25 shooting, Jerami Grant added 33 points with five assists while Jusuf Nurkic chipped in with 15 points, 14 rebounds and four assists. As a team, the Trail Blazers shot 48 percent from the field and 10 of 25 from the 3-point line as they set the tone with 40 points in the first quarter to build an early 15-point lead, but they really had to scrap till the end as the Jazz ran them down to take the lead in the fourth quarter.

Looking at the betting trends, the Pacers are 1-4 ATS in their last five games playing on one days rest and 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games overall. The Trail Blazers are 0-4 ATS in their last four home games and 1-6 ATS in their last seven Sunday games.

Head to head, the under is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings overall, the Pacers are 5-14 ATS in the last 19 meetings overall and the Pacers are 2-5 ATS in the last seven meetings in Portland.

The Pacers are keeping an eye on Tyrese Haliburton who is listed as questionable with a groin strain, while the Trail Blazers will again be missing Josh Hart, Drew Eubanks and Damian Lillard. The Trail Blazers were able to get a great result last night thanks to a hot start, but they were coming off three days rest, compared to this game where they will be playing on zero days’ rest. The Pacers have been the more consistent team this season and they will surely come out swinging after getting blown out in their last game. The Trail Blazers have opened as favorites at home, but I think I’d rather go with the Pacers to get the much-needed road win.