Portland vs LA Lakers Prediction: the Trail Blazers Will Lose to LA For the Sixth Time In a Row

The LA Lakers are playing again tonight, just two days after their last game. Yesterday, they lost surprisingly to Charlotte at home. Can they make it up tonight against Portland? Read on to find out our prediction, plus our analysis of the stats, the odds from the bookies and a few betting options.

Portland

The Trail Blazers had a great run, winning 10 of 11 games from 20 January to 7 February, but then Chauncey Billups' team went on the road and lost three games in a row before the MVP break. First, they lost to Minnesota (98:114), then they lost twice in a row to Denver (117:146 and 121:132).These defeats meant the Trail Blazers had no chance of getting back in the play-in. The team from Oregon is now 5.0 wins behind the top-10, but it looks like they never really had a chance of making it into the play-offs.

LA Lakers

LeBron James and his team started the championship off with a home game against Charlotte. Surprisingly, J.J. Reddick's team lost to the Eastern Conference outsider without scoring a hundred points - 97:100. Luka Doncic, who's still getting used to his new team, didn't play his best game. The Slovenian had a solid 14 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, but only 1 of 9 from the three-point line.

But the Lakers can afford to have a few off days at the moment, as they're sitting pretty in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 32-21 record and in the playoff zone. And with Doncic now on board, LAL can expect to keep improving.

H2H Meetings

In the last championship and this one, the Lakers have not lost a single match to Portland.

Stats Betting

• The Lakers will win again, making it six in a row over Portland.
• In four out of five previous face-to-face meetings between the two teams, the total points scored was under 226.
• In five of the last six home games, Portland scored more than 111 points.
• The Lakers have scored more than 115 points in four road games in a row.

Expert Betting Tips

The Lakers are too strong this season to lose to an outside team in the second game in a row, so we think they'll bounce back from yesterday's game against Charlotte and beat Portland. We'll also go for TO, because the Lakers' new team should start showing their attacking skills soon.

And let's go for Portland to win on fouls. Yes, the Los Angeles Lakers won the season series in both games already played, but the Trail Blazers have 19.4 personal fouls per game, while the Lakers have only 16.7.

Our picks:

TO (226.5) for 1.91

H2 (-3.5) for 1.95

Fouls H1 (-1.5) for 1.83