Portland Trail Blazers Game 1 Matchup Preview
The Trail Blazers’ NBA schedule begins against the Sacramento Kings, which will be an underrated game to start the season.
The Sacramento Kings could finally break through and be a playoff team for the first time since 2006 with the young talent they have on display.
The Blazers have more experienced vets and still have a superstar in the prime of their career in Damian Lillard.
If Lillard lights it up like he usually does, then the Trail Blazers odds of winning this game will be extremely high.
2022 Portland Trail Blazers Schedule
The Blazers begin their season against the Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns (three times), Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat (twice), Houston Rockets, and Memphis Grizzlies.
They’ll be facing some very tough teams to begin the season, and with their new roster in place, they could definitely be facing some extreme growing pains.
The Trail Blazers odds to start this season off hot are murky at best, as they’re facing a ton of great teams while trying to acclimate to new pieces.
Portland Trail Blazers Season Props
NBA predictions have the Trail Blazers over/under win total sitting at 39.5 wins. The main questions that will have to be answered is; how will Damian Lillard return after missing most of last season with an abdominal injury, and how can this team move forward with CJ McCollum no longer in the picture?
Lillard should be expected to remain one of the top scorers in the league if he can stay healthy.
Josh Hart, Anfernee Simons, and Jerami Grant should be able to continue to post well-rounded NBA player stats, especially with the opportunities all but there without McCollum.
Portland Trail Blazers 2022 Season Odds
The Trail Blazers odds this season to get to the playoffs this year will rely on a number of factors.
They’ll have to hope for a healthy Damian Lillard; they’ll have to hope that Anfernee Simons can replace what CJ McCollum brought to the table and that Josh Hart and Jerami Grant could provide some scoring and great defense as well.
Lillard is known to be a winning player, but his teammates are going to have to step up if this team wants to be playing playoff basketball next season.
A lot is up in the air in Rip City.
Trail Blazers 2022 NBA Title Odds
A championship is just not realistic for the Trail Blazers at this time.
The teams that are expected to be in the mix for the NBA title are the Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, and Los Angeles Clippers.
Portland Trail Blazers Playoff Odds
The Trail Blazers could get to the playoffs this season, but they have a tall task in front of them. They would have to finish with a better record than the Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, Phoenix Suns, and Sacramento Kings.
That will be tough to accomplish, as the Trail Blazers team stats will have to be there night in and night out, alongside health, for them to be able to compete with these teams.
Portland Trail Blazers Northwest Division Odds
With the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves both in this division, it’s very hard to see how the Trail Blazers can leapfrog any of those teams.
They are almost certainly finishing in the middle of the Northwest Division this season.
But they’ll have plenty of chances to try and build this roster to maximize the final years of Damian Lillard’s prime.
Portland Trail Blazers Western Conference Championship Odds
Coming out of the West for the Portland Trail Blazers is extremely unlikely, as pretty much every team in championship contention will be better than them.
Their head coach, Chauncey Billups, is still learning the ropes, so it’ll take a while for this group to be considered a real threat.
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