Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers NBA Betting Preview, Lines, Odds, Insights & Trends for May 7, 2021

The Portland Trail Blazers (37-29) host the Los Angeles Lakers (37-29) after losing six home games in a row. The Trail Blazers are favored by 6.5 points in the contest, which starts at 10:00 PM ET on Friday, May 7, 2021. The matchup has a point total of 221.5.

BetMGM NBA Betting Odds

Point Total Insights

• Portland and its opponents have hit the over on Friday's 221.5 total in 46 out of 66 games (69.7%) this year.
• In 37.9% of Los Angeles' games this season (25 of 66), the total points scored was greater than Friday's 221.5-point over/under.
• Together, the two teams combine for 224.9 points per game, 3.4 points more than the point total of 221.5 for this matchup.
• These two teams give up a combined 221.3 points per game, 0.2 points less than this contest's over/under.
• The Trail Blazers have seen a 230.3 average over/under in their games this season, 8.8 points more than the over/under in this contest.
• A difference of 5.7 points separates this matchup's over/under (221.5 points) and the average total points bet in Lakers' games (215.8 points) this season.

Trail Blazers Betting Data

• Portland covered the spread more often than not this year, going 34-30 against the spread.
• The Trail Blazers have fared well as a 6.5-point favorite, going 9-4 against the spread when favored by at least 6.5 points.
• Portland has hit the over the majority of the time, in 35 of 64 games (54.7%).

Trail Blazers Key Players

• The Trail Blazers points and assists leader is Damian Lillard. He scores 28.4 points per game and adds 7.6 assists.
• Portland is led in rebounds by Enes Kanter's 11.2 per game.
• Lillard is the top three-point shooter for the Trail Blazers, knocking down 4.1 per game.
• Robert Covington leads Portland in both blocks and steals, averaging 1.2 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.

Trail Blazers Last 10 Games

Trail Blazers Injuries

Trail Blazers: Norman Powell: Day To Day (Knee), Zach Collins: Out For Season (Ankle)

Lakers Betting Data

• Los Angeles has covered the spread in fewer than half of its outings, going 28-34 ATS.
• The Lakers have fared well as a 6.5-point underdog, going 13-12 against the spread when they are at least 6.5-point underdogs.
• In most of Los Angeles' games this season, the teams have not hit the over (27 out of 62 games, 43.5%).

Lakers Key Players

• LeBron James collects 25.0 points and adds 7.8 assists per game, putting him at the top of the Lakers' leaderboards for those statistics.
• Andre Drummond's stat line of 11.9 rebounds, 15.4 points and 2.1 assists per game helps him grab the top spot on the Los Angeles rebounding leaderboard.
• James is the top scorer from deep for the Lakers, hitting 2.3 threes per game.
• Los Angeles' leader in steals is Drummond with 1.5 per game, and its leader in blocks is Anthony Davis with 1.8 per game.

Lakers Last 10 Games

Lakers Injuries

Lakers: Talen Horton-Tucker: Out (Calf), LeBron James: Out (Ankle), Jared Dudley: Out (Knee), Dennis Schroder: Out (Calf)