Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, 11/17/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Friday, November 17, 2023

Location: Moda Center in Portland, OR

TV: ROOT Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-4)

The Portland Trail Blazers (3-8) will try to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (6-6) at Moda Center on Friday. Portland opens this game as 4-point dogs. The total is set at 228.

The Lakers faced off with the Kings and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 125-110 in their last contest. Los Angeles finished with a 50.6% field goal percentage (42 of 83) and knocked down 11 of their 29 3-pointers. From the charity stripe, the Lakers converted 15 of 19 attempts for a percentage of 78.9%. Regarding rebounding, they compiled 43 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. They also doled out 25 assists for the game as well as forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and earning 12 steals. When it comes to defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to go 50.0% from the field on 48 of 96 shooting. Sacramento totaled 31 assists and had 20 steals in the game. Furthermore, Sacramento had 45 boards (11 offensive, 34 defensive) and got 6 blocked shots. Sacramento went 76.5% when shooting free throws by converting 13 of 17 attempts. They knocked down 16 out of their 44 attempts from distance. When it comes to personal fouls, the Lakers ended up with 17 while the Kings recorded 20 personal fouls.

LeBron James is one player who played a role for the game. He finished with 28 points on 9 of 15 shooting. He played for 35 mins played and pulled down 10 boards. James ended up going 60.0% from the field and also distributed 11 dimes.

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Los Angeles enters this one with a win-loss mark of 6-6 for the year. They are giving up possession 14.6 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 18.4 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Los Angeles is pulling down 43.6 boards per game and has accounted for 304 assists for the year, which is 7th in basketball in terms of passing. The Lakers are connecting on 34.3% on 3-pointers (121 of 353) and 77.1% from the charity stripe. They average 112.8 points per contest (17th in basketball) while hitting 48.6% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Lakers are forcing 14.3 turnovers per game and they draw 21.3 fouls. They are conceding 37.3% from beyond the arc and they are 22nd in the league in PPG allowed (115.9). The Lakers are giving up a field goal percentage of 46.4% (528 of 1,138) and they surrender 45.7 rebounds per contest as a unit. They are ranked 27th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 320 relinquished for the year.

In their last game, the Trail Blazers took a loss by a score of 109-95 when they faced the Cavaliers. When talking about cleaning up the glass, Portland allowed Cleveland to snag 47 in total (7 offensive). They went 30.0% from distance by shooting 9 of 30 and finished the game at 16 out of 21 from the free throw line (76.2%). The Trail Blazers permitted the Cavaliers to bury 42 out of 75 attempts from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 56.0% for this contest. When this game wrapped up, the Trail Blazers shot 34 out of 91 from the floor which had them shooting 37.4%. In relation to 3-point shots, Portland converted 13 of 38 tries (34.2%). They were able to knock down 14 of the free throws for a rate of 87.5%. The Cavaliers had 16 personal fouls in the game which took the Trail Blazers to the free throw line for 16 shots. They coughed up the ball 12 times, while recording 9 steals for this game. The Trail Blazers snagged 22 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 30 for this game.

Jerami Grant was important for the Trail Blazers in this game. Grant totaled 17 points in his 32 minutes on the court and totaled 2 assists in this contest. He knocked down 7 of 17 in the game for a field goal rate of 41.2%, and added 3 rebounds.

Portland has a record of 3-8 on the campaign. On the offensive side of the ball, the Trail Blazers are connecting on 43.2% from the field, which is ranked 29th in the NBA. Portland has totaled 1,152 pts on the season (104.7 per game) and they pull in 42.5 boards per contest. They are dishing out assists 21.9 times per contest (30th in the league) and they turn it over 16.0 times per contest. The Trail Blazers are responsible for committing 20.9 fouls per contest while shooting 79.8% from the free throw line.

The Trail Blazers on defense are ranked 12th in the NBA in points given up per game with 111.7. They have forced 15.7 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 47.9% from the floor (22nd in the league). The Portland defense gives up 32.3% on 3-point attempts (111 of 344) and their opponents are knocking down 78.1% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 26.6 dimes and 46.6 rebounds every game, which ranks 22nd and 25th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland (+4)

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