Miami Heat vs Portland Trail Blazers NBA Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/25/21
2021-03-25 19:30:00 EDT
The Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat meet Thursday in NBA action at the AmericanAirlines Arena.
The Portland Trail Blazers look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Portland Trail Blazers are averaging 114.4 points on 44.4 percent shooting and allowing 115.5 points on 48.1 percent shooting. Damian Lillard is averaging 30.1 points and 7.7 assists while CJ McCollum is averaging 23.8 points and 3.8 rebounds. Gary Trent Jr. is the third double-digit scorer and Carmelo Anthony is grabbing 3.3 rebounds. The Portland Trail Blazers are shooting 37.9 percent from beyond the arc and 83.6 percent from the free throw line. The Portland Trail Blazers are allowing 37.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 43.5 rebounds per game.
The Miami Heat need a win here to snap a four-game losing streak. The Miami Heat are averaging 106.2 points on 45.6 percent shooting and allowing 107.6 points on 44.4 percent shooting. Jimmy Butler is averaging 21.3 points and 7.3 assists while Bam Adebayo is averaging 19.2 points and 9.5 rebounds. Tyler Herro is the third double-digit scorer and Goran Dragic is grabbing 3.3 rebounds. The Miami Heat are shooting 34.3 percent from beyond the arc and 79.8 percent from the free throw line. The Miami Heat are allowing 36.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 42.9 rebounds per game.
The Trail Blazers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall. The Heat are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 Thursday games. The under is 8-3 in Heat last 11 overall. The over is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Miami and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
It’s tough to predict this game knowing the Heat are in a lot of trade talks, so there’s a good chance they’ll be without some players with them going to another team. However, the Portland Trail Blazers are still banged up, are hit or miss overall and are losing their last five games by an average of 5.8 points while shooting 42.8 percent from the field. The Trail Blazers are an unpredictable and weird team to figure out. If forced to pick this game, I’d back the Heat, but make sure you check the roster, as there’s a likely shake up in Miami today.
