March 23, 2026, 6:52 a.m. ET

The Brooklyn Nets (17-54) and Portland Trail Blazers (35-37) meet Monday at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. Tip-off is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze NBA odds around the Nets vs. Trail Blazers odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season series: Trail Blazers leads 1-0

Portland won 114-95 in Brooklyn last Monday as an 11-point favorite as the Under (221.5) cashed. Portland G Deni Avdija went for 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and a block, while F Toumani Camara added 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting, with a pair of 3-pointers. Brooklyn C Nic Claxton ended up with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks in the losing effort.

The Nets have dropped 7 in a row, including a 126-122 loss at the Sacramento Kings Sunday as a 6.5-point underdog as the Over (218.5) cashed. G Ben Saraf went for 22 points off the bench, hitting 10-of-20 from the field. However, C Danny Wolf (ankle) rolled his left ankle Sunday, and he did not return.

Brooklyn is a solid 4-2 against the spread (ATS) in the past 6 games, while the Under is 5-1 in the same span. The Nets have scored 97 or fewer points in 5 of the past 6 outings.

Brooklyn is playing on no rest, and it is 1-11 SU and 2-9-1 ATS in 12 games playing in the second end of a back-to-back. The Over-Under is 6-6 in those games with no rest. On no rest, Portland is 8-5 SU/ATS in 13 games this season, while the Under has gone 8-5

Portland lost 128-112 on Sunday at the Denver Nuggets as an 8-point underdog as the Over (237.5) cashed, with Avdija going for 23 points and 14 assists, while C Donovan Clingan ended up with 18 points and 13 boards.

The Blazers are back home after the NCAA Tournament’s first- and second-round games last week. Portland won 3 of the final 4 games on the road, while going 2-2 ATS. The Under went 3-2 on the 5-game road trip, and the Blazers are now just a half-game back of the LA Clippers for the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoff standings.

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Moneyline (ML): Nets +625 (bet $100 to win $625) | Trail Blazers -1000 (bet $1,000 to win $100)Against the spread: Nets +14.5 (-110) | Trail Blazers -14.5 (-110)Over/Under (O/U): 218.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)Nets at Trail Blazers key injuries

Nets

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

C Nic Claxton (rest) probableF Noah Clowney (wrist) questionableF Michael Porter Jr. (hamstring) outC Danny Wolf (ankle) questionable

Trail Blazers

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

F Jerami Grant (calf) questionableG Vit Krejci (calf) questionableG Shaedon Sharpe (calf) out

For most recent updates: Official NBA injury report.

Nets at Trail Blazers picks and predictionsPrediction

Trail Blazers 116, Nets 98

The Trail Blazers (-1000) will cost you 10 times your potential return, and that’s way too much risk for a team with a losing record. Heck, it’s too much to risk on any wager.

Portland is coming in hot, winning 3 of the past 4 games, but this is too much risk, especially for a team playing on no rest. Even as part of a multi-leg parlay, AVOID.

The TRAIL BLAZERS -14.5 (-110) are worth playing laying the double digits, but be careful. Portland is 1-2 ATS in the past 3 tries as a double-digit favorite. However, that lone cover was in Brooklyn in a 114-95 victory last Monday as an 11-point favorite.

On the flip side, the Nets are 1-2 ATS in the past 3 games as a double-digit underdog, while going 4-13 ATS in the past 17 games catching 10+ points.

UNDER 218.5 (-105) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.

The Under has cashed in 5 of the past 6 games for Brooklyn, including last Monday’s loss at home to Portland.

For the Blazers, the Under is 3-2 in the past 5 games. Be careful, though, as the Over is 9-1 in the past 10 games at home.

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