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Portland Trail Blazers vs Houston Rockets Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 17, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET

Venue: Toyota Center (Houston) — Houston, TX

Article updated Dec 16, 6:00 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Portland is on the road playing Houston at the Toyota Center stadium on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. Portland -3.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Portland

Game outlook

Portland is on the road playing Houston at the Toyota Center stadium on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. Portland -3.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Portland -3.

Portland Highlights

With a power ranking of 16, Portland is ranked #16 in offense (scoring an average of 112.57 per game), #11 in defense (allowing an average of 111.64 points to be scored against them per game) and are 16-13 (19-10 ATS) this season.

Houston Highlights

Houston Rockets has a power ranking of 24 and are #26 for offense (scoring an average of 110.21 per game), #20 for defense (giving up an average of 111.64 points per game) and 9-19 (13-12-3 ATS) overall. Portland went 2-1 (2-1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Houston.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict the score to be POR 111.125, HOU 117.125. 57% of SportsJaw users predict Portland Trail Blazers to cover. OddsShark 's prediction is Portland will win, cover the spread, and the total will go under.

split down the middle on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Trail Blazers 125 to Rockets 116.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Trail Blazers 125 to Rockets 116.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

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Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Portland Trail Blazers-145 → -157Moved
  • Moneyline · Houston Rockets+130 → +135Moved
  • Spread · Portland Trail Blazers-3.5 (-110) → -3 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Houston Rockets+3.5 (-110) → +3 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over230 (-110) → 228.25 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under230 (-110) → 228.25 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Portland Trail Blazers
16-13 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 7-3-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Houston Rockets
9-19 matchup record · 5-4-1 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-16T23:00:15.839Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-10-28Houston Rockets 111 · Portland Trail Blazers 125
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Portland Trail Blazers defeated Houston Rockets 107-95

Portland Trail Blazers defeated Houston Rockets 107-95 on December 17, 2022, a 12-point decision in the series. Portland Trail Blazers' strongest period was the 3rd quarter, when it outscored its opponent 28-14. Against SportsJaw's recorded Portland Trail Blazers -3 (-110) spread, Portland Trail Blazers covered, while the 202 combined points finished under the recorded total of 228.25.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • Sammy52Spread · Houston Rockets +3.5 (-110)Loss
  • TowerTalkSportsTotal · Over 229 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 229 (-110)Loss
  • DocthizzSpread · Portland Trail Blazers -4 (-110)Win
  • DocthizzMoneyline · Portland Trail Blazers -170Win
  • CoolioTotal · Under 229 (-110)Win
  • CoversSpread · Portland Trail Blazers -3.5 (-110)Win
  • CoolioSpread · Portland Trail Blazers -3.5 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkSpread · Portland Trail Blazers -3.5 (-110)Win
  • 1954085126Total · Over 228 (-110)Loss
  • Jjaime9999Spread · Portland Trail Blazers -3 (-110)Win
  • Jjaime9999Moneyline · Portland Trail Blazers -154Win