Indiana Pacers vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, 1/19/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Indiana Pacers vs Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Friday, January 19, 2024

Location: Moda Center in Portland, OR

TV: ROOT Sports

Moda Center is the location where the Portland Trail Blazers (11-29) will attempt to beat the Indiana Pacers (23-17) on Friday.

The Pacers faced off with the Jazz and went home with a loss by a final score of 132-105 in their last game. In regard to personal fouls, the Pacers walked away with 31 and the Jazz recorded 17 personal fouls. They made 11 of their 25 attempts from beyond the arc. Utah walked away from this one shooting 88.6% when shooting free throws by converting 31 of 35 tries. In addition, Utah totaled 46 boards (10 offensive, 36 defensive) and had 4 rejections. Utah earned 29 dimes and had 5 steals in the game. Pertaining to the defense, Indiana let their opponent shoot 55.6% from the field on 45 of 81 shooting. They also recorded 27 assists for the game while forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and earning 9 steals. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they collected 43 with 18 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Pacers knocked down 20 of 25 shots for a percentage of 80.0%. Indiana walked away from the game with a 40.0% field goal percentage (38 out of 95) and converted 9 of 31 shots from downtown.

Buddy Hield is someone who played a role for this contest. Hield went 62.5% from the floor and also dished out 1 assist. He played for 23 mins and also collected 2 boards. He accumulated 14 points on 5 out of 8 shooting.

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Indiana heads into this matchup with a mark of 23-17 so far this year. They average 125.6 pts per game (1st in the NBA) while shooting 50.8% from the field. The Pacers are connecting on 38.1% on shots from distance (566 of 1,485) and 79.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Indiana is grabbing 40.8 boards per contest and has accumulated 1,241 dimes on the campaign, which is 1st in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 13.7 times per game and as a squad they commit 22.6 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Pacers have forced 14.4 turnovers every game while drawing 18.9 fouls. They are relinquishing 38.0% from 3-point land and they are ranked 29th in basketball in points per game allowed (123.5). The Pacers defensively are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 50.2% (1,812 of 3,606) and they surrender 42.8 rebounds per game as a group. They currently rank 6th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,014 surrendered for the year.

When they last stepped on the court, the Trail Blazers took home the win by a final score of 105-103 when they faced the Nets. The Trail Blazers recorded 31 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 41 for this game. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while getting 2 steals for this game. The Nets earned 14 personal fouls in this contest which got the Trail Blazers to the free throw line for a total of 14 attempts. They were able to knock down 12 of the free throws for a percentage of 85.7%. In reference to shots from beyond the arc, Portland made 9 of 27 tries (33.3%). When all was said and done, the Trail Blazers finished shooting 42 out of 86 from the floor which had them shooting 48.8%. The Trail Blazers permitted the Nets to bury 35 out of their 73 attempts from the field which had them at 47.9% for this contest. They finished 39.5% from beyond the arc by going 15 of 38 and finished the game at 18 of 27 from the charity stripe (66.7%). In the matter of cleaning the glass, Portland permitted Brooklyn to snag 33 in total (6 on the offensive glass).

Jerami Grant ended up being important for the Trail Blazers in this matchup. He knocked down 14 of 26 in the game for a field goal rate of 53.8%, and added 8 rebounds. Grant earned 30 points in his 36 minutes on the court and had 1 assist for the contest.

Portland has a mark of 11-29 for the year. The Trail Blazers commit 20.5 personal fouls every game while shooting 78.1% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 22.2 times per contest (30th in the league) and they are turning it over 15.2 times per game. Portland has totaled 4,289 pts for the season (107.2 per game) and they snag 41.4 boards per contest. As an offense, the Trail Blazers are hitting on 43.2% from the floor, which has them ranked 30th in the league.

The Trail Blazers on the defensive side of the court are 19th in basketball in PPG given up with 116.7. They are forcing their opponents into 15.3 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 49.7% from the field (26th in the league). The Portland defense allows 34.5% from downtown (460 of 1,334) and opponents are converting on 79.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 27.7 assists and 45.1 boards every game, which ranks them 24th and 24th in the NBA.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Portland

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