Jazz vs Trail Blazers Prediction, Odds & Picks – Pickswise

On By Littum

The Utah Jazz travel to Portland on Thursday to take on the Trail Blazers in a contest between the two teams currently at the bottom of the Northwest Division. This is the second time these two teams are fighting each other. They last faced each other on December 6, 2024. The Jazz blew out the Trail Blazers in Portland 141-99 behind 22 points from Johnny Juzang and 20 points from John Collins. The Jazz shot 55% from the field in that game in their best offensive showing of the year. This performance has been an outlier for how well the Jazz have performed offensively this year. They rank in the bottom half of the NBA in points per game. game and field goal percentage. John Collins is considered a game-time decision for this game, but the Jazz still have Lauri Markkanen and Collin Sexton to lead their offense in this game. Both Markkanen and Sexton are averaging 17 or more points per game. match. The Jazz also recently welcomed their sixth man, Jordan Clarkson, back from injury. His return has helped Utah win 2 of their last 3 games.

Portland head coach Chauncey Billups will need to enter this game with a different game plan to slow down Utah compared to their previous game. Billup’s coaching record in 3 seasons with Portland is 81-165 during their rebuild. The Trailblazers are led by a pair of talented guards, Shaedon Sharpe and Anfernee Simons. Both Sharpe and Simons average 17.4 points per game. match. DeAndre Ayton will be tasked with slowing down Utah’s bigs. In their previous game, Ayton was played off the floor with just 6 total points in 17 minutes played. The strength of Utah is their front court and I think we will see another dominant effort from them against Portland. Utah is starting to get some of their players back from injuries and has played well in recent contests. I know it’s only been one game, but it sure looked like Utah had Portland figured out. At least that’s enough for me to side with Utah to go to Portland and get a win.

Jazz +125 available at time of release. Can be played on that track.