New York Knicks vs Portland Trail Blazers 3/14/2023 Picks

New York Knicks vs Portland Trail Blazers 3/14/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The New York Knicks will go against the Portland Trail Blazers in NBA action in Moda Center at the Rose Quarter, US, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 10:00 PM ET.

The New York Knicks (40-30; 39-29-2 ATS) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 112-108 as 2.5-point road favorites this past Sunday after dropping three straight games to the Charlotte Hornets (112-105), Sacramento Kings (122-117), and Los Angeles Clippers (106-95).

The Knicks thoroughly deserved to win after holding the Lakers to just 49 points in the second half. RJ Barrett produced 20 of his 30 points in the second half, while Julius Randle scored 33 points against the Lakers.

The Knicks outscored Purple-and-Gold 56-50 in the paint thanks to their 47.7% field goal percentage and 11-for-37 long-range shooting.

Due to a foot issue, Jalen Brunson skipped his second straight game and will be out again on Tuesday.

The Miami Heat are ranked seventh, three and a half games ahead of the sixth-place New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference.

In the NBA, New York is scoring 117.0 points per 100 possessions, ranking fifth, on 46.4% field goal shooting (tied for 24th), while allowing 114.3 points per 100 possessions, ranking sixteenth on 45.6% field goal shooting (3rd).

The total went UNDER in 4 of New York’s last 5 matches.
The New York Knicks are 10-3 SU in their last 13 matches.
The New York Knicks are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 matches against Portland.

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New York Knicks vs Portland Trail Blazers Predictions 3/14/2023

The Portland Trail Blazers (31-37; 34-34 ATS) lost their last three games after falling to the New Orleans Pelicans 127-110 on Sunday.

Damian Lillard missed the Pelicans game due to a calf injury, thus the Blazers finished their six-game road trip without him after suffering defeats to the Boston Celtics (115-93) and Philadelphia 76ers (120-119).

With a deficit of up to 39 points, Portland was thoroughly defeated by New Orleans. The Trail Blazers surrendered 35 assists while having a 26/19 assist-to-turnover ratio and shooting 48.9% from the field (10-for-33 from deep).

Anfernee Simons scored 17 points and dished out four assists, while Shaedon Sharpe, Kevin Knox, and Anfernee Simons each scored 14 points.

The No. 10 seed is two games ahead of the Trail Blazers, who are now ranked 13th in the Western Conference.

Portland is scoring 116.5 points per 100 possessions, ranking seventh in the NBA, on 48.0% field goal shooting, while giving up 117.8 points in return, ranking 27th on 48.7% field goal shooting (26th).

The Portland Trail Blazers are 2-6 SU in their last 8 matches.
The total went UNDER in 10 of Portland’s last 14 matches against New York.
The total went OVER in 4 of Portland’s last 6 matches at home.

New York Knicks vs Portland Trail Blazers. The NBA pick for this game is the New York Knicks. Damian Lillard’s future is uncertain at this point.

Even if he plays, I’d pick the Knicks since they arguably have superior defensive players than Portland. As the Trail Blazers’ defense was terrible the whole season, Portland will struggle if Lillard is sidelined on Tuesday.

Only two of the Blazers’ previous eight matches ended in victories. During that time, they averaged 110.0 points per game while giving up 119.8 points per game.

In contrast to New York, which is 10-3 ATS in its previous 13 games overall, Portland is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 matches played in March and 0-8 ATS in its last eight games played on Tuesday.

The New York Knicks will win to a predicted score of 118-114.

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