Portland Trail Blazers vs Charlotte Hornets Prediction: the Trail Blazers will confirm the status of the favorite

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on February 23. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Portland Trail Blazers

The Trail Blazers at a certain point began to get close to the play-in zone, but then lost momentum. Thus, the team went on break in the regular season with three straight losses, losing away to Minnesota (98:114) and twice failing in Colorado against Denver (117:146 and 121:132). In the first game after the break at the MVP, Portland also lost - at home to the Los Angeles Lakers (102:110).

Thus, the Trail Blazers are approaching the meeting with Charlotte with a series of four consecutive defeats. The total balance of wins for Portland is 23-33. The team from Oregon is 5.5 wins behind the top-10 of the Western Conference. It is clear that Portland has almost no chance to be in the play-in round at the end of the championship.

Charlotte Hornets

The Hornets gave up the tournament struggle much earlier than Portland. At the moment the team has only 14 wins with 40 losses. Only the last team in the Eastern Conference, Washington, and Western Conference outsiders New Orleans and Utah have won fewer times this season.

After the All-Star Weekend, Charlotte has already played two games, first unexpectedly defeating the Los Angeles Lakers (100:97), and then failing on the road against Denver (115:129).

H2H Meetings

The score in the season series is 1:0 in favor of Portland.

In the two previous championships, the Trail Blazers took three matches out of four from Charlotte.

Betting Stats

• In 5 of the last 6 face-to-face meetings of the rivals won Portland.
• In 4 out of 5 previous matches between the rivals did not break the total of 221 points.
• Three home matches in a row Portland does not score more than 112 points.
• Charlotte did not break the individual total of 108 points in 4 of the last 5 away games.

Expert Betting Tips

The opponents are clearly better defensively than offensively lately, moreover, in the previous seasons they played mostly low-scoring matches between them. Accordingly, there is a good reason to bet on the total less. Also, let's take a win for Portland, which is having a better season than Charlotte and playing in the currently more competitive Western Conference.

Total Under 224.5 for 1.91

Total Under 224.5 for 1.80

Handicap 1 (-4.5) for 1.84