Portland Trail Blazers vs Houston Rockets Prediction, 11/23/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024

Location: Toyota Center in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

The Houston Rockets (11-5) are welcoming the Portland Trail Blazers (6-9) at Toyota Center on Saturday.

The Trail Blazers faced the Thunder and ended up losing by a score of 109-99 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 20 and the Thunder finished the game with 20 fouls. They made 9 out of their 31 tries from 3-point range. Oklahoma City finished the contest at 87.0% at the charity stripe by making 20 of their 23 shots. Additionally, Oklahoma City grabbed 46 rebounds (15 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 7 rejections. Oklahoma City doled out 24 dimes and had 14 steals for this game. In terms of defending, Portland let their opponent shoot 44.0% from the field on 40 out of 91 shooting. They also recorded 18 assists for this game while forcing 14 turnovers and having 6 steals. In terms of hauling in boards, they compiled a total of 49 with 16 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers buried 20 of 28 tries for a percentage of 71.4%. Portland finished the game with a 40.5% FG percentage (32 of 79) and knocked down 15 of their 38 shots from beyond the arc.

Shaedon Sharpe is someone who had an impact in this game. He recorded 21 points on 6 of 16 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 38 mins and also collected 4 rebounds. Sharpe shot 37.5% from the field and distributed 2 dimes.

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Portland comes into this game with a win-loss mark of 6-9 for the season. They are averaging 106.8 points per outing (27th in the league) while going 43.5% from the floor. The Trail Blazers are connecting on 33.4% on three-point shots (167 of 500) and 76.4% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Portland is snagging 44.0 rebounds per game and has earned 323 assists for the year, which has them ranked 29th in the NBA in terms of passing. They are turning it over 17.4 times per game and as a team they are committing 19.3 fouls per contest.

On defense, the Trail Blazers have forced 17.3 turnovers per contest and they draw 20.6 personal fouls. They rank 25th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 413 conceded on the year. The Trail Blazers defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 46.7% (615 of 1,317) and they surrender 45.5 boards per contest as a squad. They are conceding 35.4% on 3-point attempts and they are 18th in the league in opponents points per game (113.9).

When they last played, the Rockets went home victorious with a score of 130-113 when they faced the Pacers. The Rockets were able to collect 34 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive boards totaling 47 for this game. They turned it over 14 times, while recording 16 steals in the matchup. The Pacers were called for 24 fouls in this matchup which got the Rockets to the free throw line for a total of 33 tries. They were able to knock down 24 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 72.7%. With respect to shooting from distance, Houston buried 12 out of 36 tries (33.3%). When all was said and done, the Rockets went 47 for 102 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.1%. The Rockets allowed the Pacers to make 44 of 83 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 53.0% for the game. They finished the game shooting 22.7% from downtown by shooting 5 of 22 and ended up shooting 20 of 25 at the charity stripe (80.0%). In reference to rebounding, Houston allowed Indiana to get 36 in total (3 on the offensive glass).

Alperen Sengun ended up being a factor for the Rockets in the game. Sengun had 31 points in his 28 minutes on the hardwood and earned 2 assists in the matchup. He buried 12 of 19 for the matchup for a field goal percentage of 63.2%, and tallied 12 rebounds.

Houston has a win-loss mark of 11-5 this season. In terms of offensive execution, the Rockets are shooting 44.4% from the field, which has them ranked 25th in the NBA. Houston has accounted for 1,834 points for the campaign (114.6 per game) and they grab 50.6 boards per game. They are earning an assist 22.8 times per contest (28th in the NBA) and they turn it over 13.0 times per game. The Rockets are committing 20.9 fouls per game and they hit 75.9% from the charity stripe.

The Rockets on the defensive end are ranked 3rd in basketball in PPG given up with 106.2. They are forcing their opponents into 15.8 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 43.7% from the floor (3rd in the league). The Houston defense gives up 34.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter (185 of 537) and opponents are making 75.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 21.7 assists and 43.8 boards every game, ranking them 1st and 17th in basketball.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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