Portland Trail Blazers vs Houston Rockets Prediction, 3/25/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Houston Rockets

Date: Monday, March 25, 2024

Location: Toyota Center in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

The Houston Rockets (35-35) welcome the Portland Trail Blazers (19-52) at Toyota Center on Monday.

The Trail Blazers played the Nuggets and took a loss by a final of 114-111 in their last contest. Regarding fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 24 and the Nuggets racked up 17 fouls. They made 8 of their 24 attempts from long range. Denver went 72.7% from the free throw line by making 24 of 33 tries. On top of that, Denver snagged 49 rebounds (19 offensive, 30 defensive) and added 8 rejections. Denver earned 25 dimes and had 8 steals for the matchup. When talking about the defense, Portland allowed the other team to shoot 45.1% from the field on 41 of 91 shooting. They also doled out 27 dimes for the game while creating 13 turnovers and having 8 steals. Pertaining to getting rebounds, they compiled 45 with 14 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Trail Blazers made 15 of their 17 shots for a percentage of 88.2%. Portland walked away from the contest having earned a 46.2% FG percentage (43 out of 93) and buried 10 of their 28 shots from beyond the arc.

Duop Reath is one player who was a factor for this contest. Reath shot 64.3% from the field and dished out 2 dimes. He played 26 minutes and snagged 8 rebounds. He accumulated 24 points on 9 of 14 shooting.

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Portland enters this contest with a win-loss record of 19-52 so far this year. They are averaging 107.8 pts per game (28th in the NBA) on 44.3% from the floor. The Trail Blazers are hitting 35.4% on three-point shots (832 of 2,353) and 79.4% from the free throw line. As a team, Portland is pulling down 42.0 rebounds per game and is sitting with 1,635 assists for the year, which has them ranked 30th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 15.1 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 20.4 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Trail Blazers are forcing 14.6 turnovers per game and they draw 18.2 personal fouls. They are 21st in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,933 surrendered for the campaign. The Trail Blazers defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 49.3% (3,036 of 6,162) and they relinquish 43.8 rebounds per game as a team. They concede 35.3% on shots from downtown and they are 17th in the league in PPG from their opponents (115.9).

The last time they took the court, the Rockets walked away with a victory by a final of 147-119 when they played the Jazz. The Rockets pulled down 32 defensive boards and 12 offensive rebounds for a total of 44 for the matchup. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while earning 7 steals in this contest. The Jazz were called for 11 personal fouls for the contest which took the Rockets to the charity stripe for a total of 14 shots. They were able to make 12 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 85.7%. In reference to three-point attempts, Houston converted 27 out of their 49 attempts (55.1%). When the final whistle blew, the Rockets ended up shooting 54 out of 97 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.7%. The Rockets permitted the Jazz to convert 40 of their 89 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 44.9% for this contest. They finished 29.7% from distance by hitting 11 of 37 and finished the game at 28 out of 33 at the free throw line (84.8%). In regard to rebounds, Houston allowed Utah to grab 40 in total (12 offensive).

Jalen Green ended up having an impact for the Rockets in this game. He made 15 of 22 in the game for a rate of 68.2%, and had 4 rebounds. Green scored 41 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 4 assists for this contest.

Houston has a mark of 35-35 this year. The Rockets commit 21.0 fouls per game and they hit 77.1% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 24.9 times per contest (24th in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.9 times per game. Houston has 7,998 points so far this year (114.3 per contest) and they average 46.0 boards per contest. As an offense, the Rockets are hitting on 46.2% from the field, which ranks 24th in the NBA.

The Rockets defensively are ranked 12th in the league in PPG given up with 112.7. They are forcing 13.5 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 46.0% from the field (6th in the league). The Houston defense allows 34.7% on shots from beyond the arc (862 of 2,484) and opponents are connecting on 75.5% of their foul shots. They relinquish 24.4 dimes and 44.6 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 3rd and 22nd in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston

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