Portland Trail Blazers vs Atlanta Hawks Prediction, 3/27/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Atlanta Hawks

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Location: State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA

TV: Bally Sports Southeast-Atlanta

State Farm Arena is the location where the Atlanta Hawks (32-39) will try to beat the Portland Trail Blazers (19-53) on Wednesday.

The Trail Blazers faced off with the Rockets and ended up losing by a score of 110-92 in their last contest. Portland walked away from the contest with a 41.4% FG percentage (36 out of 87) and buried 7 of their 33 shots from 3-point land. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers converted 13 of their 15 shots for a rate of 86.7%. Pertaining to grabbing rebounds, they compiled a total of 44 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 14 assists for the game in addition to forcing the opposition into 8 turnovers and getting 5 steals. With regard to the defense, Portland allowed the other team to shoot 39.8% from the floor on 37 of 93 shooting. Houston doled out 19 dimes and had 7 steals in this contest. Additionally, Houston collected 45 rebounds (13 offensive, 32 defensive) and had 6 blocked shots. Houston finished the contest at 96.0% at the free throw line by burying 24 of their 25 shots. They also buried 12 out of their 39 tries from beyond the arc. In regard to personal fouls, the Trail Blazers finished with 25 and the Rockets totaled 16 personal fouls.

Dalano Banton is a player who was a major factor for the contest. Banton shot 52.4% from the field and totaled 5 assists. He played 39 minutes and also totaled 11 boards. He ended up with 28 points on 11 of 21 shooting.

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Portland comes into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 19-53 on the year. They lose possession via turnover 15.2 times per contest and as a group are committing 20.4 fouls per contest. As a team, Portland is collecting 42.0 rebounds per game and is sitting with 1,649 assists on the season, which is 30th in the league in terms of passing. The Trail Blazers are hitting 35.2% on shots from beyond the arc (839 of 2,386) and 79.5% from the free throw line. They are averaging 107.6 pts per contest (28th in the NBA) while shooting 44.3% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Trail Blazers have forced 14.6 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.1 fouls. They are giving up 35.2% on 3-point attempts and they rank 17th in the NBA in points per game allowed (115.8). The Trail Blazers are giving up a field goal percentage of 49.1% (3,073 of 6,255) and they concede 43.8 boards per game as a group. They rank 21st in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,952 surrendered this season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Hawks walked away with a victory by a final of 120-118 when they played the Celtics. When talking about team rebounding, Atlanta permitted Boston to snag 38 overall (12 offensive). They finished 28.9% from 3-point land by connecting on 11 of 38 and walked away from this one shooting 13 of 19 from the charity stripe (68.4%). The Hawks allowed the Celtics to convert 47 out of their 95 tries from the floor which left them shooting 49.5% for this game. When the final whistle blew, the Hawks went 46 for 87 from the floor which gave them a rate of 52.9%. When talking about shooting from beyond the arc, Atlanta converted 18 out of their 36 attempts (50.0%). They were able to convert 10 of the free throw tries for a clip of 58.8%. The Celtics committed 16 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Hawks to the free throw line for 17 shots. They also gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while getting 5 steals in this game. The Hawks snagged 29 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards for a total of 44 in this game.

De'Andre Hunter was important for the Hawks for the game. He converted 8 of 14 in this matchup for a field goal rate of 57.1%, and totaled 7 rebounds. Hunter scored 24 points in his 34 minutes on the court and accumulated 3 dimes in this matchup.

Atlanta has a win-loss record of 32-39 on the season. The Hawks have committed 18.4 fouls per contest and they hit 80.3% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 26.5 times per contest (16th in basketball) and they cough up possession 13.2 times per game. Atlanta has accounted for 8,462 pts for the season (119.2 per contest) and they average 44.7 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Hawks are hitting on 46.5% from the floor, which ranks them 21st in the league.

The Atlanta defense surrenders 38.3% on 3-point shots (992 of 2,590) and opponents are knocking down 78.8% of their foul shots. They allow 28.2 dimes and 44.4 boards on a nightly basis, which is 25th and 21st in the league. The Hawks defensively are ranked 27th in the league in points allowed per contest with 120.7. They are able to force 14.1 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 49.4% from the field (28th in the NBA).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Atlanta and under the total points

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