Portland looks to stop its three-game slide when the Portland Trail Blazers play Los Angeles. Thursday's matchup is the first this season between the two teams.

Portland Trail Blazers (13-23, 5-15 away) @ Dallas Mavericks (21-16, 11-6 home) Thursday, January 9, 2025 • 4:30 pm PDT • American Airlines Center UPDATED TIP-OFF TIME: Due to weather conditions in Dallas, tonight's game has been moved from 5:30 PDT to 4:30 PDT.

Confidence rides on the Portland Trail Blazers to play past the spread in the picks and predictions against the Brooklyn Nets.

Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat dribbles the ball against Anfernee Simons #1 of the Portland Trail Blazers during the third quarter at the Moda Center on October 26, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. The Miami Heat won 119-98. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) Getty Images

The Brooklyn Nets (14-26) came into Tuesday's game at the Portland Trail Blazers (13-26) on a five-game losing streak with the players feeling frustrated with the recent bout of losing. Despite the fact that starting center Nic Claxton wasn't available due to right hamstring soreness,

The Brooklyn Nets withstood a career-best 39 points from Portland's Scoot Henderson to snap a five-game losing streak with a 132-114 win over the host Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

Just when they started settling in, the Brooklyn Nets swept the rug out from under their fans in Rip City last night. After two deals shipping out veterans, compounded with some choice words from Sean Marks about the team’s intentions this season,