Portland Trail Blazers vs Phoenix Suns Prediction, 11/21/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Phoenix Suns

Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Location: Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ

TV: AZ Family Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Portland (+9)

The Phoenix Suns (7-6) welcome the Portland Trail Blazers (3-10) at Footprint Center on Tuesday. Phoenix is 9-point favorites. The over/under has been set at 228.

The Trail Blazers took the court against the Thunder and took a loss by a final of 134-91 in their last game. Portland walked away from the contest having earned a 40.0% FG percentage (34 of 85) and buried 9 of their 34 shots from beyond the perimeter. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers knocked down 14 of 21 shots for a rate of 66.7%. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned 31 with 13 of them being offensive. They also dished out 21 assists in this game while forcing the other team into 17 turnovers and having 10 steals. When it comes to the defense, Portland allowed 60.5% from the field on 49 of 81 shooting. Oklahoma City earned 28 assists and had 8 steals for the contest. Additionally, Oklahoma City totaled 43 boards (10 offensive, 33 defensive) and got 2 blocked shots. Oklahoma City finished shooting 100.0% from the free throw line by knocking down 14 of 14 attempts. They buried 22 out of their 36 attempts from downtown. In regard to fouls, the Trail Blazers left the arena with 15 while the Thunder totaled 18 fouls.

Jerami Grant is one player who was a major contributor for the matchup. Grant went 33.3% from the floor and totaled 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 27 mins but finished the game without grabbing a rebound. He had 14 points on 4 of 12 shooting.

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Portland will enter this contest with a record of 3-10 so far this season. They are turning it over 16.5 times per game and as a squad they commit 20.2 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Portland is pulling down 42.1 rebounds per game and is sitting with 279 dimes for the campaign, which is 29th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Trail Blazers are shooting 30.5% from downtown (131 of 430) and 78.3% from the free throw line. They are averaging 102.9 pts per contest (30th in the NBA) while hitting 42.8% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Trail Blazers are forcing 16.1 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.2 personal fouls. They currently rank 22nd in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 348 surrendered on the season. The Trail Blazers defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 48.9% (550 of 1,125) and they relinquish 46.2 boards per game as a squad. They are giving up 35.5% on 3-point attempts while they are 14th in the NBA in points per game allowed (113.1).

When they last stepped on the court, the Suns got the victory with a final of 140-137 against the Jazz. The Suns were able to corral 33 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards totaling 44 in the matchup. They also turned it over 17 times, while recording 11 steals in the matchup. The Jazz earned 27 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Suns to the charity stripe for 26 shots. They were able to make 22 of those for a rate of 84.6%. When talking about shooting from distance, Phoenix converted 18 of 45 tries (40.0%). When the game finished, the Suns shot 50 out of 102 from the field which had them at 49.0%. The Suns allowed the Jazz to convert 48 of 115 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 41.7% for this game. They finished the game shooting 32.6% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 15 of 46 and finished the game at 26 out of 32 at the free throw line (81.3%). In reference to cleaning the glass, Phoenix allowed Utah to collect 59 overall (27 on the offensive glass).

Kevin Durant ended up being a factor for the Suns for the matchup. Durant racked up 39 points in his 46 mins on the hardwood and accumulated 10 dimes for the game. He converted 14 out of 27 in this game for a field goal percentage of 51.9%, and added 8 rebounds.

Phoenix has a win-loss mark of 7-6 this season. As an offensive unit, the Suns are hitting on 47.3% from the field, which has them ranked 14th in basketball. Phoenix has scored 1,522 points so far this season (117.1 per contest) and they collect 44.5 rebounds per game. They are getting an assist 27.1 times per game (10th in the NBA) and they are giving up possession 15.7 times per game. The Suns have committed 19.5 fouls every game while shooting 83.2% from the charity stripe.

The Suns on defense are ranked 20th in the NBA in PPG given up with 115.5. They have forced 12.8 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 45.9% from the floor (8th in the league). The Phoenix defense surrenders 34.7% on shots from 3-point land (150 of 432) and opponents are connecting on 81.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 25.5 assists and 42.4 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 15th and 10th in the league.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Phoenix (-9) and under 228 points

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