Portland Trail Blazers vs Indiana Pacers Prediction, Preview and Odds - 01/06/2023

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Friday, January 6, 2023

Venue:  Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN

Where to Watch:  ROOT Sports NW

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +1, Pacers -1; Over/Under:  231.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +1, Pacers -1; Over/Under:  231.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +1, Pacers -1; Over/Under:  231.5 points

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  19-18 (2nd place, Northwest Division)

Indiana Pacers:  21-18 (3rd place, Central Division)

 

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Portland Trail Blazers:  4-6 last 10

Indiana Pacers:  6-4 last 10

 

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game with a 19-18 record overall and they are 10-12 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves in their last game. Damian Lillard led the team in points in that game with 27 while Jerami Grant was next on the team with 26 points. Damian Lillard led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Jusuf Nurkić led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 44% from the field, 31% from 3-point range, and 73.8% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 112.8 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 112 PPG against them. The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 22-15 this season and their O/U record is 16-19-2.

 

 

 

The Pacers are coming into this game with a 21-18 record overall and they are 13-7 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Philadelphia 76ers in their last game. Buddy Hield led the team in points in that game with 24 while Bennedict Mathurin was next on the team with 19 points. Tyrese Haliburton led the team in assists in that game with 12 while Buddy Hield led the team in rebounds with 9. They were 47.4% from the field, 36.1% from 3-point range, and 88.5% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 115.8 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 116.1 PPG against them. The Pacers have an ATS record of 24-15 this season and their O/U record is 19-19-1.

The current betting odds have the Pacers listed as a 1 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Pacers have been playing a lot better this year compared to where they were last season and they even have a winning record right now as they have been playing well lately. They did lose their last game but that was also a very close loss on the road against a good 76ers team while they have still been playing well with 4 wins in a row before that. They have also been a very good home team this season with a 13-7 record at home and even have one of the best ATS records in the NBA right now. The Trail Blazers got off to a very hot start this season but they have cooled off a lot since then and are just struggling to stay above .500 now with a 19-18 record overall. They were very good in road games at the beginning of the year too but have been terrible as of late with a 10-12 road record this season, losing a lot of road games lately. The Pacers are playing very well right now and have been a tough team to stop once they get hot like this as they even had to go to OT in their last game which they lost. They are going to be looking to bounce back here though and they can take advantage of a Trail Blazers team that has been very spotty on the road lately. The best way to place a bet here is on the Pacers to cover the spread in this game.

 

Trail Blazers Pacers Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Friday, January 6, 2023 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Pacers 116 Trail Blazers 109.

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Portland Trail Blazers: 3-9 ATS off an upset loss as a road favorite. 7-1 UNDER when the line is +3 to -3. 9-3 UNDER off an upset loss as a road favorite.

Indiana Pacers: 24-15 ATS in all games. 13-7 ATS in home games. 11-6 UNDER after playing a road game.

 

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  J. Grant (SF) Ques Fri - Quadricep.. G. Payton II (PG) Ques Fri - Ankle. J. Winslow (SF) Mid Jan - Ankle. N. Little (SF) Mid Jan - Hip.

Indiana Pacers:  K. Brown (SG) Mid Jan - Leg. D. Theis (PF) Out indefinitely - Knee.

 

 

 

“I was never really happy from the start of the game. Our mindset from the very start wasn’t right. It just wasn’t right. That’s our inconsistency. Sometimes, we come out with the right type of mindset, set the tone, be the aggressor on both sides of the floor. When we don’t, you come back and you want to counterpunch, you put yourself in a tough spot.” - Chauncey Billups after his team’s loss against the Timberwolves in their game on Wednesday.

 

 

“We never should have been in overtime. We know that. We need to grow stronger from this. We've got to learn from some of the things that happened and we've got to build on some of the good things, especially down the stretch.” - Rick Carlisle after his team’s loss against the 76ers in their game on Wednesday.

 

 

 

PG Damian Lillard

SG Anfernee Simons

SF Josh Hart

PF Jerami Grant

C Jusuf Nurkic

 

PG Tyrese Haliburton 

SG Andrew Nembhard 

SF Buddy Hield

PF Aaron Nesmith

C Myles Turner

 

 

PPG: D. Lillard (27.4)

APG: D. Lillard (7.2)

Reb/G: J. Nurkic (9.6)

 

PPG: T. Haliburton (20.6)

APG: T. Haliburton (10.2)

Reb/G: M. Turner (7.9)

 

Coaches:

Portland Trail Blazers: Chauncey Billups (2nd season)

Indiana Pacers: Rick Carlisle (2nd season)