The Portland Trail Blazers lost a half-game on the 10th-place Sacramento Kings in the race for the final Western Conference play-in berth on Saturday night. The Kings (31-28) won 113-103 at the Houston Rockets (37-12) and are now 3½ games ahead of 11th-place Phoenix (28-32) and 4½ ahead of the 12th-place Blazers.

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Payton Pritchard scored a career-high 43 points and Derrick White tossed in a career-high 41 to lead the short-handed Boston Celtics to a 128-118 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.

The Houston Rockets have experienced several injuries to their rosters recently during a recent stretch of games. Several players are listed as day-to-day as

Donovan Clingan bounced back from a foul-plagued performance, recording a double-double to help the Trail Blazers defeat the 76ers on Monday.

Analyzing Monday’s Portland Trail Blazers at Utah Jazz odds and lines, with NBA expert picks, predictions and best bets.

The Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets 124-115 on Saturday to improve to 2-2 on their nine-game homestand. They trailed by three points entering the fourth quarter but shot 65.2% from the field and outscored the Rockets 37-25 over the last 12 minutes to pull out the win.

My Trail Blazers vs. Jazz predictions and NBA picks for February 24 expect Portland to contribute plenty of points to the game total of 232. My analysis The Portland Trail Blazers and the Utah Jazz are both looking for rare winning streaks.