{"id":629663,"date":"2026-02-28T04:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629663\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T04:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:44:27","slug":"hornets-vs-trail-blazers-predictions-odds-stats-feb-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629663\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets vs. Trail Blazers Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 Feb. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Charlotte Hornets (29-31) are 8.5-point favorites as they attempt to continue a three-game win streak when they host the Portland Trail Blazers (29-31) on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Spectrum Center. The contest airs at 1 p.m. ET on KUNP and FDSSE.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1420&amp;pb=973198&amp;cid=uzmsWafibS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/ripcityradio.iheart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rip City Radio 620 Portland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hornets vs. Trail Blazers Predictions for Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this contest expects a final result of Hornets 119, Trail Blazers 113.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Hornets (-326)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 230.5 (computer predicts 231.8 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Trail Blazers (+8.5)<br \/>\nRecent Hornets vs. Trail Blazers Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Hornets 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte has a 37-22-1 record against the spread this season.<br \/>\nThe Hornets are 2-1 against the spread when favored by 8.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nA total of 24 of Charlotte&#8217;s 60 games with a set total have hit the over (40%).<br \/>\nThis season, the Hornets have been favored 17 times and won 14, or 82.4%, of those games.<br \/>\nCharlotte has been at least a -326 moneyline favorite three times this season and won all of those games.<br \/>\nTrail Blazers 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, Portland has compiled a 33-27-0 record against the spread.<br \/>\nThe Trail Blazers have a 6-3 record against the spread this season when an underdog by 8.5 points or more.<br \/>\nA total of 32 of Portland&#8217;s 60 games with a set total have hit the over (53.3%).<br \/>\nThe Trail Blazers are 12-24 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 33.3% of those games).<br \/>\nWhen it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +261 or longer, Portland has a record of 2-6 (25%).<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NBA tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63332?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=3010&amp;pb=973220&amp;cid=uzmsWafibS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Hornets vs. Trail Blazers Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Hornets<\/p>\n<p>Hornets: <\/p>\n<p>Liam McNeeley: Day-To-Day (Ankle)<\/p>\n<p>Trail Blazers<\/p>\n<p>Trail Blazers: <\/p>\n<p>Damian Lillard: Out For Season (Achilles), <\/p>\n<p>Shaedon Sharpe: Out (Calf), <\/p>\n<p>Deni Avdija: Day-To-Day (Back), <\/p>\n<p>Donovan Clingan: Day-To-Day (Illness)<\/p>\n<p>Hornets vs. Trail Blazers Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Saturday, February 28, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 1 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: KUNP and FDSSE<br \/>\nLocation: Charlotte, North Carolina<br \/>\nArena: Spectrum Center<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63351?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2353&amp;pb=973250&amp;cid=uzmsWafibS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for NBA League Pass<\/a> to get access to games, live and on-demand, and more for the entire season and offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Charlotte Hornets (29-31) are 8.5-point favorites as they attempt to continue a three-game win streak when they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,473,55906,736,6,11295,687,471,3967,2666,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-629663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-ds-sports","12":"tag-men","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-prediction","15":"tag-portland","16":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","17":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","18":"tag-professional","19":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116146436252009126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}