Portland Trail Blazers at LA Clippers 12/30/20 - NBA Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 12/29/2020 at 8:51 PM ET

The Portland Trail Blazers visit the Staples Center on Wednesday to play the LA Clippers. Portland looks for its third consecutive victory on Wednesday when visiting the Clippers. The Trail Blazers improved to 2-1 following their 115-107 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. Damian Lillard was the leading scorer for Portland with 31 points, while CJ McCollum scored 20 points and handed out 11 assists.

CJ McCollum is leading Portland in scoring and assists with averages of 29.0 points and 7.3 assists per game, while the leading rebounder is Enes Kanter with an average of 10.3 per game. Damian Lillard is the second-leading scorer with an average of 24.0 points per game and one of six players for Portland averaging double-figures in scoring. The Trail Blazers are shooting 44.4% overall and 37.9% from 3-point territory.

Los Angeles looks to bounce back from an embarrassing loss when hosting the Trail Blazers on Wednesday. The Clippers were defeated by Dallas 124-73 on Sunday and dropped to 2-1. LA trailed 77-27 at half-time and the 50-point difference was the highest in NBA history at halftime. The Clippers scored just 13 points in the first quarter and 14 in the second quarter as well as 16 during the 4th quarter. The leading scorer for the Clippers in the loss was Paul George with 15 points, but George did not play in the second half.

Paul George is leading the Clippers in scoring and assists with averages of 23.7 points and 5.3 assists per game, while Nicolas Batum is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.3 per game. Kawhi Leonard is the second leading scorer for the Clippers with an average of 23.5 points per game and Los Angeles is shooting 45.7% overall and 33.3% from 3-point territory.

The LA Clippers will be playing the second half of back-to-back when hosting Portland on Wednesday after playing at home on Tuesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Clippers have struggled in covering the number, failing to cover the nut in six of the last nine overall and five of the last seven versus an opponent from the Northwest division. Final Score Prediction, LA Clippers win but fall short ATS 118-116.

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