March 16, 2026, 10:46 a.m. ET

The Portland Trail Blazers (32-36) take on the Brooklyn Nets (17-50) in Barclays Center on Monday. Tip-off from Brooklyn, New York, is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NBA odds around the Trail Blazers vs. Nets odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

2024-25 season series: Tied 1-1

Portland suffered a 109-103 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, failing to cover as an 8.5-point road favorite with the Under (228.5) hitting. F Deni Avdija led the Blazers with 25 points and 9 assists, but he also finished with 7 turnovers while shooting just 2-of-12 from beyond the arc. The Sixers dominated 60-36 in points in the paint against Portland.

Brooklyn was handed a 104-97 loss by those same Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday while covering as an 8.5-point road underdog with the Under (217.5) hitting. No Nets player scored over 15 points as Brooklyn was held to just 36% shooting from the field and 35% from three-point range. Philly also dominated Brooklyn 54-34 in paint scoring Saturday.

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Moneyline (ML): Trail Blazers -450 (bet $450 to win $100) | Nets +350 (bet $100 to win $350)Against the spread (ATS): Trail Blazers -10.5 (-105) | Nets +10.5 (-115)Over/Under (O/U): 221.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)Trail Blazers at Nets key injuries

Trail Blazers

(Not yet submitted — below was for Sunday’s game)

G Damian Lillard (achilles) outG Shaedon Sharpe (leg) out

Nets

G Egor Demin (foot) outF/G Terance Mann (achilles) outF Michael Porter Jr. (ankle) outG Ben Saraf (calf) questionableC Day’Ron Sharpe (thumb) out

For most recent updates: Official NBA injury report.

Trail Blazers at Nets picks and predictionsPrediction

Trail Blazers 109, Nets 98

PASS.

The Blazers are the better team, and they will have no problem covering as -450 favorites in this matchup. However, no team favored so heavily on the ML is worth backing, so pass and bet on the spread and/or total instead.

LEAN TRAIL BLAZERS -10.5 (-105).

Portland has covered the spread in 3 of its last 4 games against the Nets overall and in 4 of the last 5 matchups between these squads in Brooklyn. The Trail Blazers are also 35-33 ATS this season, while the Nets are just 30-36-1 against the spread.

The Nets are trying to lose, so covering by double digits here shouldn’t be too difficult for the Blazers.

This is a very slight LEAN, however, as the Nets sit at 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.

BET UNDER 221.5 (-115).

The Under has hit in back-to-back games for the Nets and is 37-30 on the season. For Portland, the Under is 2-1 in its last 3 overall and is 4-2 in its last 6 road games. The Under has also hit in 6 of the last 10 overall matchups between these squads, sitting at 3-2 in Portland’s last 5 wins of the series.

With both teams being in the bottom 7 in offensive rating, the Under is the much safer play here.

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