Trail Blazers vs. Wizards betting: NBA preview for March 17

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The Portland Trail Blazers (29-39) face the Washington Wizards (15-51) as 6-point favorites on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 10 p.m. ET on KATU, KUNP, and MNMT. The matchup’s point total is set at 231.5.

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Trail Blazers Cover -6 vs Wizards -110

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Trail Blazers vs. Wizards betting lines

  • Trail Blazers odds to win: -231
  • Wizards odds to win: +191
  • Spread: Trail Blazers (-6)
  • Total: 231.5
  • TV Channel: Rip City TV
  • Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)

Trail Blazers Statistics, Trends and More

As the Home Team

  • Portland has a 19-14 record against the spread at home and is 17-16 in home contests.
  • This year, Portland is 0-1 ATS in home games when playing as 6-point favorites or more.
  • Trail Blazers games have gone over the set point total 18 times at home this season.
  • Recent performance seems to trend against Portland to beat the total. Their home games have averaged a total of 225.4 points per contest this season.

Trail Blazers Recent Trends

  • The Trail Blazers are 4-6 overall and 6-4 against the spread in their past 10 contests.
  • The Trail Blazers’ last 10 games saw five go over the total.
  • The past 10 Trail Blazers games averaged 2.2 fewer points (229.3) than this matchup’s over/under.
  • During their past 10 games, the Trail Blazers have a points-per-game average 4.9 points above their season-long scoring average.

Trail Blazers Betting Records

  • The Trail Blazers have compiled a 6-2 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 75% of those games).
  • Portland has won all three games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -231 or shorter.
  • Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Trail Blazers’ implied win probability is 69.8%.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
45.2 (23rd in NBA) 47.0 (19th) 44.2 (15th) 44.3 (16th) 23.6 (27th) 15.4 (29th)

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Wizards Statistics, Trends and More

As the Away Team

  • The Wizards have a 14-18-1 ATS record in road games so far while putting up a record of 8-25 overall in those contests.
  • Wizards road games have gone over the set point total 16 times this year.
  • Recent performance seems to go against the Wizards to beat the total. Their road games have averaged a total of 229.0 points per contest this season.

Wizards Recent Trends

  • The Wizards have a 6-4 record straight-up in their past 10 contests, while covering the spread five times in those games.
  • The final scores of the past 10 Wizards games have surpassed the set total five times.
  • The last 10 Wizards games averaged 228.8 total points, 2.7 fewer points than this matchup’s point total.
  • During the last 10 games, the Wizards are scoring 113.6 points per game compared to their 108.9 season average.

Wizards Betting Records

  • Washington has entered the game as underdogs 65 times this season and won 14, or 21.5%, of those games.
  • The Wizards have entered 52 games this season as the underdog by +191 or more and is 6-46 in those contests.
  • The Wizards have a 34.4% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
43.9 (29th in NBA) 47.1 (21st) 44.2 (15th) 48.2 (30th) 25.5 (21st) 15.2 (27th)
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