Blazers vs Warriors Picks, Predictions and Betting Odds Feb 24

Blazers vs Warriors Betting Preview

Portland is slowly-but-surely adjusting to life without Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. But tonight, they’ll also have to adjust to life without Jusuf Nurkic as well. The Blazers are a 10-point home underdog to Golden State, with the total sitting at 224.5 points.

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Thursday, February 24	NBA Betting Notes
Point Spread:	Golden State Warriors -10 at Portland Trail Blazers
Total:	224.5 Points
Game Time:	10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT
Arena:	Moda Center in Portland
TV:	TNT

Blazers vs Warriors Analysis

The Warriors come out of the break traveling to Portland to take on the Trailblazers who have looked good recently as they experience life without Dame and McCollum. The Warriors are a whopping 10-point road favorites tonight with a total of 224.5, so let’s get this post All-Star season started with a win.

WARRIORS NEED A REBOUND

Golden State went into the All-Star break losing four out of five, and they still have the two seed in the West, but it’s getting closer to playoffs and Draymond still isn’t playing and Klay Thompson hasn’t found consistency in his scoring as evident by him scoring 16, 7, 33, 17 his last four games before the break.

Golden State is 0-5 ATS their last five games, and it’s tough to know if it was just a slump going into All-Star week or if there are cracks in this team. They’ll have a big advantage tonight as Nurkic is out for a while, so that takes away a big weapon to defend, but will it get a win and cover?

PORTLAND REBUILDING

It’s a new era for the Trailblazers as there is no more Lillard-McCollum combo, but now they’re going to be without Nurkic for the foreseeable future, probably the rest of the season IMHO. Even though they’re in rebuild and tank mode, they are in the play-in game fight and they’ve won four in a row.

These players don’t seem to want to tank, and they aren’t playing like it. Portland is 4-1 ATS their last five games and they won outright against Milwaukee and Memphis before the break. The loss of Nurkic can’t be understated as he’s led them in rebounding in nine straight games, so can Portland keep it close without him?

BLAZERS vs WARRIORS PREDICTION

I just don’t trust this Golden State Warriors team right now and I really don’t trust them laying double-digit points. Both teams are rested, and without Draymond I don’t believe they’ll take advantage of the paint tonight like they could. The ball movement of Portland has been really good, and they seem to have this really nice chemistry that you can’t find in the stats sheet. I’ll take the points and Portland tonight.

OFFICIAL PLAY: Trail Blazers +10

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Blazers vs Warriors Player Props

From GoldSheet: Aside from missing a six-game stretch in late December, Jordan Poole has been the catalyst to keeping Golden State’s lineup together with Klay Thompson and Draymond Green both missing time. Green will be out on Thursday night and no one would fault Curry for being a step slow in his return from All-Star festivities. Poole has scored double-digits in 13 of his last 14 games. Poole’s Points + Rebounds + Assists number is set at 20.5 at DraftKings.

NBA Stat Sheet

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