Portland Trail Blazers vs Chicago Bulls
Stadium: Moda Center (Portland)
20.01.2025 05:00
Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on January 20. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.
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The Trail Blazers began to win at a certain point and seemed capable of even getting into the play-in race. But then Portland's fervor disappeared, and the team approached the match with Chicago with a series of losses - five games in a row. In the Western standings, they are in 13th place with a balance of 13-28 and are only 2.5 wins ahead of the penultimate line.
Just before the meeting with Chicago, Portland lost four straight at home - to Miami (98:119), Brooklyn (114:132), Los Angeles Clippers (89:118) and Houston (103:125).
Chicago Bulls
The Bulls also have a losing streak. And, like Portland, the team lost all the matches of this stretch on their own court. Chicago held a home series from January 11 to 18, first beat Washington (138:105), and then lost alternately to Sacramento (119:124), New Orleans (113:119), Atlanta (94:110) and Charlotte (123:125).
As a result of a bad stretch, the Bulls have noticeably worsened their balance of victories and now they have 24 defeats in 42 games. However, the tenth line, that is, the position in the play-in zone of the Eastern Conference, the team has retained. The only current competitor of the Bulls for the top-10, Philadelphia, can't find their game and find stability.
H2H Meetings
This season the rivals have not met yet, but in the two previous championships Chicago beat Portland four times.
Expert Betting Tips
Chicago is currently more ambitious than Portland, which has already given up on the tournament struggle. The Bulls need to keep a place in the top-10, and in matches with outsiders, even away, Billy Donovan's team simply can not fall behind. Here we bet on a confident win for Chicago, as well as on the fact that the opponents will reach the total. The Bulls are in fifth place on offense, but on defense they are second from the end.
At the same time, let's take the total of Portland fouls. Chicago's opponents did not overcome the 18.5 personal fouls mark in 13 of the previous 15 games, while the Trail Blazers did not reach 19 fouls in 9 of the last 11 meetings.
Handicap 2 (+6.5) for 1.87
Total Over 236.5 for 1.87
Total Over 236.5 for 1.86
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