Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 4/9/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz

Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

The Portland Trail Blazers (35-44) are hitting the road to Delta Center on Wednesday where they will try to beat the Utah Jazz (16-63).

The Trail Blazers faced the Spurs and went home with a win by a final score of 120-109 in their last game. Portland finished the contest with a 47.2% field goal percentage (42 out of 89) and buried 15 out of their 41 shots from distance. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers made 21 of their 27 attempts for a percentage of 77.8%. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they collected 44 with 8 of them being of the offensive variety. They also dished out 25 dimes in this contest as well as forcing the other team into 18 turnovers and getting 10 steals. When discussing defense, Portland allowed their opponent to shoot 43.2% from the floor on 41 of 95 shooting. San Antonio recorded 26 dimes and had 9 steals for the matchup. On top of that, San Antonio pulled down 45 rebounds (13 offensive, 32 defensive) and added 5 rejections. San Antonio shot 76.2% from the free throw line by burying 16 of 21 tries. They made 11 of their 34 shots from distance. In relation to fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up with 20 while the Spurs totaled 21 fouls.

Toumani Camara is one guy who was a factor for the game. He ended up with 23 points on 8 of 16 shooting. He played for 34 minutes and totaled 10 boards. Camara walked away from this one shooting 50.0% from the floor and earned 3 dimes.

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Portland enters this matchup with a mark of 35-44 this year. They are averaging 111.0 points per contest (22nd in basketball) on 45.0% from the field. The Trail Blazers are connecting on 34.4% from downtown (1,025 of 2,978) and 76.7% from the charity stripe. As a team, Portland is pulling in 44.6 boards per game and has racked up 1,877 dimes on the year, which is 27th in the NBA in terms of passing. They are turning it over 15.9 times per game and as a unit they commit 19.0 fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Trail Blazers are able to force 15.3 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.2 fouls. They concede 36.2% on three-point shots and they rank 16th in basketball in PPG allowed (114.2). The Trail Blazers defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 47.2% (3,296 of 6,977) and they concede 44.1 rebounds per game as a squad. They currently rank 14th in basketball in giving up assists with 2,073 surrendered for the campaign.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Jazz took a defeat with a final score of 147-134 against the Hawks. The Jazz recorded 25 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 32 in this matchup. They also coughed up the ball 10 times, while recording 10 steals for the contest. The Hawks had 19 personal fouls for the game which took the Jazz to the charity stripe for 28 attempts. They were able to knock down 24 of the free throw tries for a clip of 85.7%. In regard to shooting from 3-point land, Utah converted 20 of 47 tries (42.6%). When the final whistle was blown, the Jazz finished 45 for 87 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 51.7%. The Jazz permitted the Hawks to knock down 54 of 95 attempts from the field which had them shooting 56.8% in the game. They wrapped up this game 53.7% from three-point range by going 22 of 41 and ended up going 17 out of 20 at the charity stripe (85.0%). Concerning rebounding, Utah allowed Atlanta to get 42 in all (11 offensive).

Keyonte George was important for the Jazz in this matchup. George recorded 35 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and earned 1 assist for this contest. He converted 10 out of 19 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 52.6%, and earned 4 rebounds.

Utah has a win-loss mark of 16-63 so far this season. The Jazz are committing 18.9 personal fouls every game and they connect on 77.3% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 25.6 times per game (20th in the league) and they cough up possession 17.2 times per game. Utah has 8,826 points for the season (111.7 per contest) and they pull in 45.2 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Jazz are shooting 45.5% from the floor, which is ranked 22nd in basketball.

The Jazz on the defensive side of the court are 30th in the NBA in points allowed per contest with 120.9. They are forcing their opponents into 11.7 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 47.9% from the floor (26th in the league). The Utah defense gives up 35.9% from downtown (1,171 of 3,262) and their opponents are converting on 76.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have conceded 29.6 assists and 44.1 rebounds per game, which ranks 30th and 16th in the NBA.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland

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