Portland Trail Blazers vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, 11/30/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023

Location: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

The Cleveland Cavaliers (10-8) are welcoming the Portland Trail Blazers (5-12) at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Thursday.

The Trail Blazers stepped onto the hardwood against the Pacers and earned the victory with a final of 114-110 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Trail Blazers walked away with 21 while the Pacers accumulated 24 fouls. They knocked down 8 of 33 tries from downtown. Indiana finished the game shooting 75.0% from the free throw line by converting 18 of 24 tries. Furthermore, Indiana grabbed 42 rebounds (10 offensive, 32 defensive) and earned 4 blocks. Indiana distributed 26 dimes and had 10 steals for this game. With respect to the defense, Portland let their opponent shoot 47.7% from the field on 42 of 88 shooting. They also doled out 20 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing 20 turnovers and having 6 steals. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected 38 with 9 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers buried 25 of their 31 attempts for a percentage of 80.6%. Portland wrapped up the game with a 47.1% field goal percentage (40 of 85) and converted 9 of 18 3-pointers.

Jerami Grant is a guy who was a factor for this contest. Grant finished 66.7% from the field and distributed 3 assists. He played 38 minutes played and grabbed 7 rebounds. He scored 34 points on 12 of 18 shooting.

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Portland will play this game with a record of 5-12 so far this year. They are averaging 104.8 points per outing (30th in the league) while connecting on 43.4% from the field. The Trail Blazers are hitting 33.5% on shots beyond the perimeter (184 of 550) and 78.2% from the free throw line. As a unit, Portland is pulling in 40.7 rebounds per game and has accumulated 371 dimes for the year, which is 30th in basketball in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 16.3 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 20.6 fouls per game.

Defensively, the Trail Blazers are forcing 16.8 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.1 fouls. They are ranked 14th in the NBA in giving up assists with 444 surrendered this year. The Trail Blazers defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 48.5% (707 of 1,457) and they surrender 45.6 rebounds per game as a group. They relinquish 34.6% on three-point shots and they are ranked 12th in the NBA in opponents PPG (112.5).

When they last played, the Cavaliers got the victory with a final of 128-105 when they faced the Hawks. When it comes to team rebounding, Cleveland permitted Atlanta to pull down 44 overall (14 on the offensive side). They shot 29.5% from three-point range by shooting 13 out of 44 and walked away from this one shooting 22 of 24 from the charity stripe (91.7%). The Cavaliers allowed the Hawks to knock down 35 out of 101 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 34.7% for this contest. At the conclusion of this game, the Cavaliers ended up shooting 50 for 93 from the field which had them shooting 53.8%. When it comes to shooting from distance, Cleveland buried 13 of their 36 attempts (36.1%). They were able to bury 15 of the free throws for a clip of 88.2%. The Hawks had 16 fouls for the matchup which took the Cavaliers to the charity stripe for a total of 17 shots. They coughed it up 16 times, while recording 8 steals for the contest. The Cavaliers snagged 43 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards for a total of 55 for the game.

Donovan Mitchell was important for the Cavaliers for this game. He knocked down 14 of 25 in this game giving him a rate of 56.0%, and accounted for 11 rebounds. Mitchell recorded 40 points in his 35 minutes on the hardwood and accounted for 5 dimes for the contest.

Cleveland has a record of 10-8 for the year. The Cavaliers commit 19.1 fouls per contest and they connect on 78.3% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 25.5 times per game (18th in the NBA) and they turn it over 14.5 times per game. Cleveland has earned 2,011 pts on the year (111.7 per game) and they grab 44.8 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Cavaliers are shooting 47.9% from the floor, which is ranked 8th in the NBA.

The Cleveland defense allows 37.4% on shots from behind the 3-point line (228 of 610) and their opponents are converting on 77.8% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 24.8 dimes and 44.3 boards per game, which is ranked 11th and 17th in the NBA. The Cavaliers on defense are ranked 11th in basketball in PPG given up with 112.2. They are able to force 14.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 45.0% from the field (6th in basketball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland

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