{"id":646541,"date":"2026-03-08T05:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T05:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646541\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T05:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T05:06:19","slug":"trail-blazers-vs-pacers-predictions-odds-stats-march-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646541\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers vs. Pacers Predictions, Odds &#038; Stats \u2013 March 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers (15-48) are underdogs (by 8.5 points) to stop a four-game road losing streak when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers (30-34) on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET.<\/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=H5JwHMWqkn\" 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>Trail Blazers vs. Pacers Predictions for Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer model for this encounter predicts a final score of Trail Blazers 122, Pacers 111.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Trail Blazers (-369)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Under 236.5 (computer predicts 232.2 points)<br \/>\nPick ATS: Trail Blazers (-8.5)<br \/>\nRecent Trail Blazers vs. Pacers Matchups<\/p>\n<p>Trail Blazers 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, Portland has put together a 33-31-0 record against the spread.<br \/>\nThe Trail Blazers have a 1-5 record against the spread in games they were favored by 8.5 points or more this season.<br \/>\nPortland&#8217;s games have hit the over in 33 out of 63 opportunities (52.4%).<br \/>\nThe Trail Blazers have been favorites in 25 games this season and won 18 (72%) of those contests.<br \/>\nPortland has played as a favorite of -369 or more twice this season and split those games.<br \/>\nPacers 2025-26 Betting Trends<\/p>\n<p>Indiana has gone 28-35-0 ATS this year.<br \/>\nWhen they have played as at least 8.5-point underdogs this season, the Pacers are 9-9 against the spread.<br \/>\nThe teams have combined to hit the over in 29 of Indiana&#8217;s 63 games with a set total.<br \/>\nThe Pacers have put together a 12-40 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 23.1% of those games).<br \/>\nIndiana has gone 3-14 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +292 or longer (17.6%).<\/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=H5JwHMWqkn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Trail Blazers vs. Pacers Injury Report<\/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>Kris Murray: Day-To-Day (Illness), <\/p>\n<p>Deni Avdija: Day-To-Day (Back)<\/p>\n<p>Pacers<\/p>\n<p>Pacers: <\/p>\n<p>Johnny Furphy: Out For Season (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Tyrese Haliburton: Out For Season (Achilles), <\/p>\n<p>Ivica Zubac: Out (Ankle)<\/p>\n<p>Trail Blazers vs. Pacers Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Sunday, March 8, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 9 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: KUNP and FDSIN<br \/>\nLocation: Portland, Oregon<br \/>\nArena: Moda 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=H5JwHMWqkn\" 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 Indiana Pacers (15-48) are underdogs (by 8.5 points) to stop a four-game road losing streak when they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,55906,113,126,3866,736,6,11295,114,471,2666],"class_list":{"0":"post-646541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-indiana","11":"tag-indiana-pacers","12":"tag-indianapacers","13":"tag-men","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-prediction","16":"tag-pacers","17":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","18":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116191820955987163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646541","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=646541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}