The Portland Trail Blazers are favorites for the first time all season, the last remaining team in the NBA to be designated as such, according to our data guru Evan Abrams.
The Blazers have a market-best price of -154 on the moneyline at FanDuel, as of Thursday afternoon.
The best spread on the market is with Caesars at -3.5 (-108). The Jazz, meanwhile, have a market-best moneyline at Caesars as well at +143 odds as of Thursday afternoon. The best market spread is at FanDuel at +3.5 (-108).
The Portland Trail Blazers are favorites tonight for the first time all season 👀
They were the only remaining team in the NBA to not be favored yet this year. pic.twitter.com/ErPlK20uNa
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) December 14, 2023
Portland has been scrappy against the spread this season at 11-11, a testimony to how well oddsmakers have graded the team thus far this season. The closest they were to being favorites was in a game against — you guessed it — the Jazz. Utah was just a 1.5-point home favorite during a game against the Trail Blazers earlier this month. The Jazz won that game by five points, narrowly covering that spread.
