Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 3/22/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz

Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Location: Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: AT&T Sportsnet Southwest-Rocky Mountain

The Portland Trail Blazers are traveling to Vivint Arena on Wednesday where they will meet the Utah Jazz.

The Trail Blazers played the Clippers and took a loss by a score of 117-102 in their last contest. Portland wrapped up the contest having earned a 45.1% FG percentage (37 of 82) and made 6 out of their 29 shots from 3-point land. At the free throw line, the Trail Blazers knocked down 22 of 24 attempts for a percentage of 91.7%. Pertaining to getting rebounds, they collected 40 with 11 of them being offensive. They also doled out 24 assists in this matchup while forcing 9 turnovers and earning 7 steals. Concerning defending, Portland allowed their opponent to shoot 45.7% from the field on 43 out of 94 shooting. Los Angeles earned 26 assists and had 11 steals in the matchup. Additionally, Los Angeles had 49 rebounds (18 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 9 blocks. Los Angeles shot 82.6% at the charity stripe by knocking down 19 of 23 attempts. They converted 12 out of their 28 attempts from beyond the arc. Concerning fouls, the Trail Blazers left the arena with 14 while the Clippers accounted for 18 fouls.

Jusuf Nurkic is a player who played a role for the contest. Nurkić finished shooting 64.3% from the field and also totaled 5 assists. He played for 27 minutes played and also pulled down 11 boards. He recorded 23 points on 9 out of 14 shooting.

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Portland will enter this game with a mark of 31-40 on the season. They lose possession via turnover 14.6 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 20.3 personal fouls every game. As a team, Portland is snagging 41.1 boards per game and has totaled 1,707 assists on the season, which is 23rd in basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Trail Blazers are shooting 37.1% on shots from 3-point land (932 of 2,512) and 80.2% from the free throw line. They average 114.2 points per game (15th in the league) while hitting 47.8% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Trail Blazers have forced 13.4 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.1 personal fouls. They give up 37.3% from beyond the arc and they rank 18th in the league in PPG allowed (116.1). The Trail Blazers are giving up a FG percentage of 48.7% (3,015 of 6,189) and they concede 42.3 boards per contest as a unit. They are 25th in the NBA in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,870 surrendered so far this season.

The last time they took the court, the Jazz walked away with a victory by a final of 128-120 when they faced the Kings. The Jazz collected 42 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards for a total of 48 in this matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 12 times, while earning 3 steals for this game. The Kings had 20 personal fouls for the contest which got the Jazz to the free throw line for a total of 23 tries. They were able to knock down 20 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 87.0%. With regard to shots from beyond the arc, Utah buried 16 out of 36 tries (44.4%). When all was said and done, the Jazz shot 46 out of 88 from the field which gave them a rate of 52.3%. The Jazz permitted the Kings to convert 41 out of their 97 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.3% for the game. They wrapped up this game 36.5% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 19 of 52 and ended up going 19 out of 25 at the free throw line (76.0%). In regard to rebounding, Utah permitted Sacramento to pull down 43 in total (8 on the offensive side).

Ochai Agbaji ended up being a major contributor for the Jazz for this contest. Agbaji totaled 27 points in his 33 minutes on the court and had 3 dimes in the matchup. He made 8 out of 14 for the matchup for a field goal percentage of 57.1%, and had 5 rebounds.

Utah has a record of 35-36 this season. The Jazz have committed 20.7 fouls every game and they connect on 79.0% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 25.8 times per game (9th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 15.4 times per contest. Utah has scored 8,335 pts for the campaign (117.4 per game) and they average 45.5 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Jazz are hitting on 47.3% from the floor, which ranks 16th in basketball.

The Jazz on defense are ranked 22nd in the league in points per game surrendered with 117.3. They are forcing their opponents into 12.8 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 47.4% from the floor (16th in basketball). The Utah defense allows 36.5% on shots from 3-point land (865 of 2,372) and their opponents are making 77.2% of their free throw attempts. They relinquish 24.2 dimes and 43.3 boards every game, which has them ranked 7th and 16th in basketball.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland

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