Trail Blazers at Clippers Prediction: Odds, recent stats, trends, and best bets for March 31

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Trail Blazers at Clippers Prediction: Odds, recent stats, trends, and best bets for March 31

The Portland Trail Blazers (38-38) and Los Angeles Clippers (39-36) meet on NBC and Peacock at 11 PM Eastern for their second to last meeting of the season. Los Angeles is 2-0 against Portland this season.

Portland has six games remaining and two of them come against Los Angeles. The Trail Blazers have won three of the last four games to reach .500 on the season. Portland clinched a play-in tournament spot and will likely be one of the 8, 9, or 10 seeds. The Trail Blazers are 1.5 games behind the Clippers and 1.5 ahead of the Warriors.

The Clippers appear to be locked into the play-in tournament and could meet the Trail Blazers a third time this month. Los Angeles has won five consecutive games and are 9-4 over the last 13 contests. In the last five games, Los Angeles ranks third offensively and sixth defensively. On the other side, Portland has the No. 1 rated defense in that span, but comes in at 18th offensively.

Lets take a closer look at tonight’s matchup and take into consideration lineups, injuries, and other factors affecting the line and total.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on how to catch tipoff, odds courtesy of DraftKings recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game Details and How to Watch Live: Trail Blazers at Clippers

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: 11:00 PM EST
Site: Intuit Dome
City: Los Angeles, CA
Network/Streaming: Peacock/NBC Sports

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Game Odds: Trail Blazers at Clippers

The latest odds as of Tuesday, courtesy of DraftKings:

Moneyline: Los Angeles Clippers (-225), Portland Trail Blazers (+185)
Spread: Los Angeles -5.5
Total: O/U 227.5 points

This game opened Los Angeles -6.5 with the Total set at 228.5.

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Expected Starting Lineups: Trail Blazers at Clippers

Portland Trail Blazers

PG Scoot Henderson
SG Jrue Holiday
SF Toumani Camara
PF Deni Avdija
C Donovan Clingan

Los Angeles Clippers

PG Darius Garland
SG Kawhi Leonard
SF Derrick Jones Jr.
PF John Collins
C Brook Lopez

Injury Report: Trail Blazers at Clippers

Portland Trail Blazers

Jerami Grant (calf) is OUT for tonight's game
Vit Krejci (calf) is OUT for tonight's game

Los Angeles Clippers

Isaiah Jackson (ankle) is OUT for tonight's game

Important stats, trends and insights: Trail Blazers at Clippers

Los Angeles is 39-36 ATS and 38-37 to the Over this season
The Clippers are 19-17 to the Over at home and 13-12 to the Over as a home favorite
Los Angeles is 20-16 ATS at home and 12-13 ATS as a home favorite
Portland is 40-36 ATS and 40-36 to the Over this season
Portland is 17-21 ATS as the road team and 9-12 ATS as a road underdog
Portland is 22-16 to the Under as the road team and 14-7 as a road underdog

Rotoworld Best Bet

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Here are the best bets our model is projecting for tonight’s Trail Blazers and Clippers’ game:

Moneyline: Rotoworld Bet is leaning towards a play on the Knicks’ Moneyline
Spread: Rotoworld Bet is leaning towards a play on the Knicks +1.5 ATS
Total: Rotoworld Bet is leaning towards a play on the Game Total OVER 217.5

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