The Portland Trail Blazers'and'Los Angeles Clippers'meet Wednesday to open their 2023=24 NBA seasons. Tip-off from Crypto.com Arena is set for 10:30 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s'lines around the Trail Blazers vs. Clippers'odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.
Season series: First meeting; Clippers won 3-0 last season
Portland had one of the busiest offseasons of any team, trading away superstar G Damian Lillard'to the Milwaukee Bucks and acquiring C Deandre Ayton, C'Robert Williams III, and G'Malcolm Brogdon. The Trail Blazers also drafted G'Scoot Henderson'with the 3rd pick in the 2023 draft.
Los Angeles had a relatively uneventful offseason that included the re-signing of G'Russell Westbrook'to a 2-year deal and' F/C Mason'Plumlee to a 1-year deal, and acquiring F'Kenyon Martin Jr. from'the Houston Rockets.