Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks Prediction, 1/9/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks

Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025

Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX

TV: KFAA

The Portland Trail Blazers (12-23) are en route to American Airlines Center on Thursday where they will attempt to beat the Dallas Mavericks (21-16).

The Trail Blazers faced off with the Pistons and ended up losing by a score of 118-115 in their last contest. Portland finished the game with a 53.3% FG percentage (48 of 90) and made 16 of their 35 3-point shots. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers converted 3 of their 5 attempts for a rate of 60.0%. When it comes to pulling down boards, they earned a total of 38 with 7 of them being offensive. They also recorded 32 assists in the matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and earning 6 steals. When talking about defense, Portland allowed their opponent to shoot 44.7% from the field on 42 out of 94 shooting. Detroit distributed 23 dimes and had 9 steals in this contest. Furthermore, Detroit collected 45 boards (17 offensive, 28 defensive) and added 4 rejections. Detroit finished the game at 86.4% when shooting free throws by knocking down 19 of their 22 shots. They also made 15 of 43 attempts from beyond the arc. In reference to fouls, the Trail Blazers walked away with 18 and the Pistons accounted for 15 fouls.

Anfernee Simons is a guy who was a major contributor in this contest. He ended up walking away with 36 points on 14 out of 21 shooting. He saw the court for 36 minutes played and also pulled down 2 rebounds. Simons ended up shooting 66.7% from the floor and also earned 9 assists.

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Portland enters this matchup with a record of 12-23 on the year. They are turning it over 16.5 times per game and as a basketball team they commit 19.5 personal fouls every game. As a team, Portland is grabbing 43.2 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 811 dimes on the season, which is 28th in basketball in terms of passing. The Trail Blazers are shooting 33.6% on three-point shots (421 of 1,253) and 77.0% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 108.1 points per contest (25th in the league) while connecting on 44.9% from the floor.

On the defensive end of the court, the Trail Blazers have forced 15.2 turnovers per game while drawing 18.9 fouls. They are conceding 37.6% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 23rd in the league in points per game from their opponents (116.8). The Trail Blazers are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 47.9% (1,478 of 3,087) and they surrender 44.5 rebounds per game as a squad. They are 18th in the league in allowing assists with 963 conceded on the campaign.

The last time they took the court, the Mavericks walked away with a victory by a final of 118-97 when they played the Lakers. When talking about rebounding, Dallas allowed Los Angeles to grab 33 in total (5 offensive). They finished shooting 31.4% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 11 out of 35 and walked away from this one shooting 18 of 24 at the free throw line (75.0%). The Mavericks allowed the Lakers to convert 34 out of 75 tries from the field which had them sitting at 45.3% in this game. In all, the Mavericks finished 45 out of 86 from the field which had them shooting 52.3%. With respect to 3-point attempts, Dallas buried 18 of their 38 tries (47.4%). They were able to bury 10 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 71.4%. The Lakers were called for 13 fouls in the game which took the Mavericks to the charity stripe for 14 attempts. They coughed it up 13 times, while getting 7 steals in the game. The Mavericks recorded 33 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards totaling 44 for this game.

Quentin Grimes was important for the Mavericks in the game. Grimes recorded 23 points in his 29 minutes on the court and accumulated 6 assists for the contest. He made 8 of 17 in this game giving him a rate of 47.1%, and had 9 rebounds.

Dallas has a win-loss mark of 21-16 for the season. On the offensive side of the court, the Mavericks are hitting on 48.1% from the floor, which has them ranked 6th in the league. Dallas has scored 4,308 points for the campaign (116.4 per contest) and they collect 44.9 rebounds per contest. They are assisting teammates 25.1 times per contest (19th in basketball) and they are losing possession via turnover 14.4 times per contest. The Mavericks commit 19.1 fouls per contest while shooting 77.1% from the charity stripe.

The Mavericks on defense are ranked 14th in the NBA in points allowed per contest with 111.9. They have forced 14.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 45.5% from the field (9th in basketball). The Dallas defense concedes 35.5% on shots from beyond the arc (474 of 1,337) and opponents are connecting on 76.9% of their free throw attempts. They have given up 26.4 dimes and 44.1 total rebounds per game, which is 18th and 16th in basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland

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