Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 27/12/2023, 23:55  by Kennedy Kechula in NBA Predictions

The San Antonio Spurs will be away to the Portland Trailblazers for the first game of an NBA back-to-back in Portland. Both teams are struggling in the Western Conference and sit one place apart with Portland just above bottom-placed San Antonio. The Blazers will be at home for this back-to-back with the Spurs which provides them the opportunity to add to their win column. Chauncey Billups’ men are coming off an impressive victory over playoff-chasing Sacramento. Scoring 130 points, their highest points tally for the season, Portland won by 17 at home to register their eighth victory. Portland and San Antonio are the two teams yet to reach double figures in the win column. The hosts will continue to be without Deandre Ayton and Shaeden Sharpe due to injury.

The San Antonio Spurs are enduring yet another losing run. After ending a franchise record 18 successive defeats almost two weeks ago, the Spurs have now lost five in a row. Greg Popovich’s men were defeated 130-118 last time out at home by the Jazz. It was their 25th victory in 29 games leaving them rock bottom in the West. Their record of 4-25 is topped by one other team in the entire league. But as their next opponents are also struggling, the visitors will arrive here fancying their chances of coming out on top. The Spurs, who are averaging 110.9 points a game, won the last time they faced off with the Blazers. San Antonio is almost at full strength with only Charles Bassey the only player set to miss out here.