Portland Trail Blazers vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, 12/3/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Location: Rocket Arena in Cleveland, OH

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The Portland Trail Blazers (8-12) are hitting the road to Rocket Arena on Wednesday where they will attempt to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers (12-9).

The Trail Blazers stepped onto the hardwood against the Thunder and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 123-115 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Trail Blazers finished with 22 while the Thunder had 29 personal fouls. They made 10 out of their 29 shots from 3-point range. Oklahoma City finished shooting 78.1% from the free throw line by making 25 of their 32 shots. Moreover, Oklahoma City grabbed 49 boards (8 offensive, 41 defensive) and earned 5 rejections. Oklahoma City earned 27 dimes and had 7 steals for the matchup. Regarding the defense, Portland allowed the other team to go 48.9% from the field on 44 of 90 shooting. They also dished out 22 assists for the matchup while forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and earning 8 steals. In reference to getting rebounds, they compiled 49 with 13 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers converted 29 of their 37 tries for a rate of 78.4%. Portland finished with a 39.3% field goal percentage (35 out of 89) and converted 16 out of their 49 3-point attempts.

Deni Avdija is a player who played a role for the contest. He had 31 points on 6 of 14 shooting. He played 37 mins played and also grabbed 19 rebounds. Avdija finished 42.9% from the field and also dished out 10 assists.

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Portland will enter this game with a win-loss mark of 8-12 so far this season. They turn it over 16.7 times per contest and as a group are committing 22.1 fouls every game. As a team, Portland is pulling down 45.9 rebounds per game and has racked up 498 assists on the campaign, which is 20th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Trail Blazers are hitting 32.3% on three-point shots (274 of 847) and 79.2% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 118.3 points per contest (14th in the NBA) while shooting 44.3% from the field.

Defensively, the Trail Blazers are able to force 16.1 turnovers per game while drawing 24.0 fouls. They give up 36.6% on 3-point shots while they are 25th in the NBA in PPG allowed (121.2). The Trail Blazers are giving up a shooting percentage of 48.2% (861 of 1,785) and they surrender 44.4 boards per contest as a unit. They are 16th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 533 conceded this season.

In their last game, the Cavaliers went home defeated by a final of 117-115 when they faced the Celtics. With respect to attacking the glass, Cleveland permitted Boston to pull down 46 in all (15 on the offensive side). They finished 35.0% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 14 of 40 and ended up shooting 23 of 29 from the free throw line (79.3%). The Cavaliers permitted the Celtics to make 40 of 81 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 49.4% for this contest. When all was said and done, the Cavaliers shot 43 out of 94 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.7%. In reference to three-point shots, Cleveland knocked down 20 of 52 attempts (38.5%). They were able to knock down 9 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 69.2%. The Celtics committed 17 fouls in this matchup which took the Cavaliers to the charity stripe for a total of 13 attempts. They also gave up possession of the ball 14 times, while recording 7 steals in this game. The Cavaliers earned 27 defensive boards and 16 offensive rebounds totaling 43 for this game.

Evan Mobley ended up being a factor for the Cavaliers for this contest. He converted 11 out of 17 for this contest for a rate of 64.7%, and added 14 rebounds. Mobley racked up 27 points in his 39 minutes on the hardwood and had 4 dimes for the matchup.

Cleveland has a win-loss mark of 12-9 so far this year. The Cavaliers have committed 21.4 fouls per contest and they shoot 75.8% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 27.2 times per contest (9th in the NBA) and they cough up possession 14.6 times per contest. Cleveland has accounted for 2,495 points this year (118.8 per contest) and they collect 43.7 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Cavaliers are shooting 46.0% from the floor, which has them ranked 21st in the NBA.

The Cleveland defense gives up 36.4% on three-point shots (270 of 741) and their opponents are converting on 79.9% of their free throw attempts. They allow 26.9 dimes and 45.0 boards per game, ranking them 21st and 22nd in the league. The Cavaliers defensively are ranked 14th in basketball in PPG given up with 115.6. They are forcing 16.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 46.6% from the field (13th in the NBA).

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland

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