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NBA : ATS Matchup
Tuesday 10/25/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
UTAH
 
PORTLAND
+5.5  

-5.5  
+180

-220

192
 
104
Final
113

UTAH (40 - 42) at PORTLAND (49 - 44)
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Tuesday, 10/25/2016 10:05 PM
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503UTAH193193
504PORTLAND-5.5-5.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
UTAH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games40-42-10.941-3833-4897.746.944.9%51.895.946.144.6%48.4
Road Games16-25-5.819-2117-2496.844.744.3%50.598.745.946.3%48.7
Last 5 Games1-4-4.62-33-294.648.045.8%48.895.245.644.4%46.8
Division Games8-8-2.48-75-1194.845.644.7%50.295.646.844.8%50.9
UTAH Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)97.746.936-8044.9%8-2435.5%17-2374.4%521119208145
vs opponents surrendering103.251.538-8545.3%9-2435.5%18-2475.6%521022208145
Team Stats (Road Games)96.844.736-8244.3%8-2335.1%16-2175.6%501221217145
Stats Against (All Games)95.946.136-8044.6%8-2235.8%17-2274.6%48919208135
vs opponents averaging102.951.338-8545.1%9-2435.4%18-2475.7%521122208145
Stats Against (Road Games)98.745.937-8046.3%8-2135.8%17-2376.1%49921198136

PORTLAND - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games49-44+11.649-4450-43105.152.644.6%54.3104.751.945.3%52.8
Home Games32-14+17.624-2224-22108.254.445.8%55.2102.450.044.5%52.5
Last 5 Games1-4-1.82-34-1114.259.642.4%57.0118.655.447.7%54.6
Division Games11-5+6.18-811-5105.451.744.6%52.4104.752.646.4%53.4
PORTLAND Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)105.152.638-8644.6%11-2937.1%18-2375.2%541221227145
vs opponents surrendering102.751.238-8545.0%9-2435.2%18-2475.6%521122218145
Team Stats (Home Games)108.254.440-8745.8%11-2938.2%17-2375.3%551223217145
Stats Against (All Games)104.751.939-8545.3%9-2336.9%19-2673.0%531122208135
vs opponents averaging103.351.538-8445.4%9-2535.7%18-2475.0%521023218145
Stats Against (Home Games)102.450.038-8644.5%9-2436.8%17-2470.7%531121198135
Average power rating of opponents played: UTAH 96,  PORTLAND 97.5
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
UTAH - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
10/25/2016@ PORTLAND              
10/28/2016LA LAKERS              
10/30/2016@ LA CLIPPERS              
11/1/2016@ SAN ANTONIO              
11/2/2016DALLAS              
11/4/2016SAN ANTONIO              
11/6/2016@ NEW YORK              
11/7/2016@ PHILADELPHIA              
11/9/2016@ CHARLOTTE              

PORTLAND - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
10/25/2016UTAH              
10/27/2016LA CLIPPERS              
10/29/2016@ DENVER              
11/1/2016GOLDEN STATE              
11/2/2016@ PHOENIX              
11/4/2016@ DALLAS              
11/6/2016@ MEMPHIS              
11/8/2016PHOENIX              
11/9/2016@ LA CLIPPERS              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
UTAH: BACKCOURT: PG Dante Exum is back at full health and looked it in the preseason, showing the explosiveness that made him a top-five pick. He'll back up PG George Hill, an underrated point guard and a huge upgrade at the position for Utah. SG Rodney Hood broke out in his second year in the league, regularly stringing together 20-plus-point performances in the season's second half. . . . FRONTCOURT: C Rudy 'The French Rejection' Gobert was third in the league with 2.21 blocks per game last year, and he's the kind of rim protector other teams would kill for. He was also sixth with 11.0 rebounds per game. PF Derrick Favors also does both those things well alongside him, and rookie PF Trey Lyles impressed at the end of his rookie year. Star SF Gordon Hayward is uncertain when he'll return from a finger injury, and his absence will be felt. . . . BOTTOM LINE: Fans and talking heads have high expectations for the Jazz this season, and they have good reason to. Almost everyone on the roster is still improving. Hayward's injury may hold them back in the early going, however.
PORTLAND: BACKCOURT: PG Damian Lillard was a snub for the All-Star Game last season, but was awarded Second Team All-NBA status at the year's end, joining the likes of Chris Paul and Kevin Durant. He's one of the best leaders a team could ask for. He and SG C.J. McCollum will dominate the ball, with McCollum being a surprisingly efficient scorer. SG Allen Crabbe, his backup, returns on a big contract and likely with a larger role. . . . FRONTCOURT: PF Al-Farouq Aminu is the best defensive player on the roster, and he averaged nearly 15 points and nine rebounds per game in the postseason last year. C Ed Davis is the other outstanding defender on the front line. SF Evan Turner arrives via free agency to do a little bit of everything except, hopefully, shoot three-pointers. C Mason Plumlee and PF Meyers Leonard both look to take steps forward. . . . BOTTOM LINE: After tons of talent left in free agency left last offseason, the Blazers greatly exceeded expectations by winning 44 games and a playoff series. Their core is young, so there's no reason for them to not keep improving.
PREVIEW
Lillard leads Trail Blazers into opener vs. Jazz
 

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Damian Lillard has big plans for the 2016-17 NBA season -- for himself and the Portland Trail Blazers.

"I want to get to the Western Conference finals and give ourselves a chance to get to the (NBA) Finals," said Lillard, who leads the Trail Blazers into action Tuesday night against the Utah Jazz at the Moda Center in the regular-season opener for both teams. "I think it's possible."

Lillard's personal goal entering the season?

"MVP," he said. "I want to be the MVP. If we come out and do the things we're capable of doing as a team, if we win games, that means my performance will be at the level of an MVP."

There are people in high places who aren't scoffing at the possibility. In Oakland, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about Kevin Durant's chances to claim the MVP Award in his first season with the Warriors.

"I think K.D. is kind of like Gary Johnson -- a third-party guy who is going to come in and take a few votes from Steph (Curry), takes some from LeBron (James), and then Damian Lillard wins the election," Kerr told Bay Area reporters. "That's my forecast."

Lillard, 26, had his best season in 2015-16, gaining second-team All-NBA honors for the first time. The two-time All-Star point guard finished eighth in MVP balloting, joining James, Curry and Russell Westbrook as the only players to place among the league's top 10 in scoring (25.1, sixth) and assists (6.8, eighth) during the regular season.

After finishing fourth in the Western Conference with a 44-38 record and advancing to the second round of the playoffs before being eliminated by the Warriors, the Blazers have reason to believe they can make a deeper run this season.

Except for reserve guard Gerald Henderson, they retain all the key components of the 2015-16 team. And they have added free-agent Evan Turner, who finished fifth in the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year Award balloting while with the Boston Celtics a year ago.

Portland has one of the NBA's deepest rosters. Lillard and CJ McCollum will start in the backcourt, flanked by Moe Harkless, Al-Farouq Aminu and Mason Plumlee on the front line. The rotation to start the season is expected to include Turner, forward Meyers Leonard and swing man Allen Crabbe, plus perhaps forward Noah Vonleh and/or point guard Shabazz Napier.

Utah expects to show improvement, too, after barely missing the playoffs last season, finishing ninth in the West with a 40-42 record. The Jazz made three veteran offseason acquisitions -- point guard George Hill, swingman Joe Johnson and power forward Boris Diaw -- to a young nucleus that includes front-liners Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert.

"We get something from all three," shooting guard Rodney Hood told the Deseret News. "With Boris, his passing ability, his knowledge of the game. He's always teaching us little things here and there to make things easier. With George, pushing the pace, being a leader ... you're always hearing his voice. With Joe, he's always in my ear telling me little things I can do to make the game easier. All three have helped a lot. It's more than just the physical things."

The Jazz come to Portland with a decidedly short cast. Hayward, their best player, will miss the game with a left ring finger that was broken three weeks ago. Reserve guard Alec Burks, and probably Favors, will miss the game with knee issues.

That means Diaw and Johnson will likely team with Gobert on the front line in a Utah starting lineup that will include Hill and Hood in the backcourt.

Utah has being forecast to finish as high as fifth in the West.

"We're a little bit of a fashionable pick," third-year coach Quin Snyder said. "But that was with Gordon and Derrick and Alec."

Guards Dante Exum and Shelvin Mack and forwards Trey Lyles and Joe Ingles are among those who will come off the bench for the Jazz.


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