Portland Trail Blazers vs Brooklyn Nets Prediction, 2/28/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Brooklyn Nets

Date: Friday, February 28, 2025

Location: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY

TV: YES

Barclays Center is the location where the Brooklyn Nets (21-37) will go up against the Portland Trail Blazers (26-33) on Friday.

The Trail Blazers stepped onto the hardwood against the Wizards and notched a win by a score of 129-121 in their last game. Regarding fouls, the Trail Blazers walked away with 28 while the Wizards totaled 26 fouls. They also buried 12 of 36 tries from three-point range. Washington went 69.7% when shooting free throws by converting 23 of their 33 tries. Moreover, Washington pulled down 41 rebounds (7 offensive, 34 defensive) and added 4 blocked shots. Washington totaled 25 dimes and had 9 steals in this contest. With regard to defense, Portland allowed 51.8% from the field on 43 out of 83 shooting. They also distributed 27 assists in this game in addition to forcing the other team into 19 turnovers and having 11 steals. In reference to grabbing boards, they collected 46 with 17 of them being on the offensive end. When they shot from the free throw line, the Trail Blazers buried 27 of their 35 attempts for a rate of 77.1%. Portland walked away from the game with a 44.6% FG percentage (45 out of 101) and buried 12 of their 37 three-point shots.

Shaedon Sharpe is one guy who came through in this matchup. Sharpe ended up going 50.0% from the field and also totaled 5 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 33 minutes played and collected 8 rebounds. He notched 36 points on 13 of 26 shooting.

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Portland comes into this game with a win-loss mark of 26-33 for the year. They are losing possession via turnover 16.0 times per game and as a squad they commit 19.6 personal fouls per game. As a unit, Portland is pulling in 43.8 rebounds per game and has accounted for 1,400 assists on the season, which ranks 26th in the league in terms of passing. The Trail Blazers are hitting 34.6% on three-point attempts (736 of 2,130) and 77.2% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 110.0 pts per contest (25th in the NBA) while going 45.2% from the floor.

Defensively, the Trail Blazers are forcing 15.2 turnovers every game while drawing 19.2 fouls. They are ranked 19th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,547 surrendered on the campaign. The Trail Blazers defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 47.3% (2,454 of 5,193) and they concede 44.1 boards per game as a basketball team. They give up 36.1% from 3-point land and they rank 18th in the league in points per game from their opponents (114.3).

The last time they took the court, the Nets walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 129-121 when they faced the Thunder. The Nets corralled 28 defensive boards and 18 offensive boards for a total of 46 for the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 15 times, while recording 7 steals for the contest. The Thunder committed 21 fouls for the game which got the Nets to the charity stripe for 25 attempts. They were able to make 22 of the free throw tries for a clip of 88.0%. When talking about shots from beyond the perimeter, Brooklyn knocked down 23 of their 61 attempts (37.7%). In all, the Nets ended up going 38 out of 93 from the field which gave them a percentage of 40.9%. The Nets permitted the Thunder to bury 48 of their 90 attempts from the floor which had them sitting at 53.3% in this matchup. They finished shooting 30.0% from distance by shooting 9 out of 30 and walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 29 from the free throw line (82.8%). Regarding rebounding, Brooklyn permitted Oklahoma City to collect 45 in total (11 on the offensive side).

Day'Ron Sharpe ended up being a major contributor for the Nets for the game. Sharpe had 25 points in his 31 minutes on the court and totaled 5 dimes in the game. He made 8 out of 10 in this game for a rate of 80.0%, and had 15 rebounds.

Brooklyn has a win-loss record of 21-37 on the campaign. The Nets have committed 20.6 personal fouls every game while shooting 79.4% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 24.8 times per game (24th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 15.5 times per game. Brooklyn has accounted for 6,093 points for the campaign (105.1 per contest) and they pull in 41.1 rebounds per contest. As an offensive unit, the Nets are connecting on 44.0% from the floor, which ranks them 28th in basketball.

The Nets on defense are ranked 9th in the league in PPG surrendered with 111.1. They are forcing 15.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 47.8% from the floor (27th in the league). The Brooklyn defense surrenders 36.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter (755 of 2,066) and opponents are knocking down 77.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 26.5 dimes and 42.8 total boards per game, which ranks 14th and 6th in the league.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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