Cleveland Cavaliers vs Portland Trail Blazers NBA Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/3/21
Portland Trail Blazers (3-4) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (4-4)
November 3, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Cleveland Cavaliers 4.5; Over/Under: +219
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers meet Wednesday in NBA action at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The Portland Trail Blazers look for a win to get back to a .500 record. The Cleveland Cavaliers look to get a game above a .500 record.
The Portland Trail Blazers are averaging 112 points on 45.8 percent shooting and allowing 110.1 points on 45.6 percent shooting. CJ McCollum is averaging 23.7 points and 3.4 assists, while Damian Lillard is averaging 18.6 points and 4 rebounds. Norman Powell is the third double-digit scorer and Jusuf Nurkic is grabbing 12 rebounds. The Portland Trail Blazers are shooting 36.2 percent from beyond the arc and 73.7 percent from the free throw line. The Portland Trail Blazers are allowing 37.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 49.6 rebounds per game.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are averaging 103.9 points on 44.5 percent shooting and allowing 105 points on 45.3 percent shooting. Collin Sexton is averaging 17.3 points and 1.9 assists, while Darius Garland is averaging 13.8 points and 2.5 rebounds. Evan Mobley is the third double-digit scorer and Jarrett Allen is grabbing 9.9 rebounds. The Cleveland Cavaliers are shooting 30.2 percent from beyond the arc and 76 percent from the free throw line. The Cleveland Cavaliers are allowing 32.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 45.5 rebounds per game.
The Trail Blazers are 26-8 ATS in their last 34 Wednesday games and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 road games. The Cavaliers are 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 home games and 20-41-1 ATS in their last 62 games overall. The under is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 overall. The under is 5-1 in Cavaliers last 6 overall. The Trail Blazers are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
The Portland Trail Blazers are the better team on paper, but they haven’t been all that impressive up to this point, and they’ve been shaky at best defensively. The Cleveland Cavaliers have been that scrappy team that fights for everything, and they return home from a road trip where they beat the Nuggets, Clippers and Hornets. At home against a shaky Trail Blazers club, this is where I grab the points in a game the Cavs could win outright.
