It has been practically 9 years because the Atlanta Hawks posted a victory in Portland. Head coach Quin Snyder is hoping that is the 12 months the drought lastly ends.

The Hawks (20-22) conclude their four-game street journey after they go to the Moda Heart to tackle the Portland Path Blazers (19-22) at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday. Atlanta has misplaced its final eight contests in “The Metropolis of Roses,” final successful when it outlasted the Path Blazers 109-104 in time beyond regulation on Feb. 13, 2017.

After starting their trek with triumphs over the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors, the Hawks have been trounced 141-116 by the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. Portland is seeking to keep away from a 3rd consecutive setback after dropping to the New York Knicks 123-114 at dwelling on Sunday and the Warriors 119-97 on the street two days later.

Seven different video games are on the NBA’s Thursday night schedule, certainly one of which is a matchup between the Boston Celtics (24-15) and Miami Warmth (21-19) at 7:30 p.m. ET on the Kaseya Heart. The Celtics have received seven of the final eight conferences between the groups, together with a 129-116 dwelling victory final month, and 4 straight in Miami.

There are 10 video games on the NHL slate, with one pitting the Vancouver Canucks (16-25-5) towards the Columbus Blue Jackets (20-19-7) at 7 p.m. ET at Nationwide Enviornment. The Canucks, who edged the Blue Jackets 4-3 at dwelling earlier this season, want to halt their eight-game slide (0-6-2) as they conclude a six-game street journey.

Thursday’s busy school basketball schedule features a Convention USA conflict between UTEP (5-11) and Delaware (5-11) at 7 p.m. ET on the Bob Carpenter Heart in Newark, Del. The Miners and Fightin’ Blue Hens are each struggling as every squad has misplaced 4 of its final 5 contests.

The Hawks are 3.5-point favorites towards the Path Blazers within the newest consensus NBA odds, whereas the Celtics are 2.5-point favorites towards the Warmth. The Blue Jackets are -168 on the cash line towards the Canucks and Delaware is a 1.5-point favourite towards UTEP.

Beneath is a snapshot of what to look at and guess for Thursday, Jan. 15. All instances Japanese

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Celtics at Warmth

Time: 7:30 p.m. | Location: Miami | TV: NBA League Cross | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without cost)

SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Celtics -143 | Knowledgeable: Derrick White Over 9.5 rebounds + assists (-128, Mike Barner)

The Celtics kicked off a four-game street journey Monday with their third loss in 4 total contests, a 98-96 setback towards the Indiana Pacers. However Boston received eight of its earlier 10 video games away from dwelling, and the Warmth misplaced three straight and 4 of 5 earlier than getting previous the Phoenix Suns 127-121 on Tuesday. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin sees the Celtics extending their successful streak in Miami to 5 video games as they emerge victorious in 55% of simulations. SportsLine NBA skilled Mike Barner believes Boston guard Derrick White will likely be an element each on the boards and organising his teammates as he has averaged greater than 5 rebounds and 5 assists over his final 13 video games, combining for a minimum of 10 eight instances in that span.

Hawks at Path Blazers

Time: 10 p.m. | Location: Portland | TV: NBA League Cross | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without cost)

SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Path Blazers +3.5 (-107) | Knowledgeable: Nickeil Alexander-Walker Over 20.5 factors (-118, Mike Barner)

The Path Blazers have break up their 20 dwelling video games this far this season however had a pleasant run of success on the Moda Heart previous to Sunday’s loss to New York, successful 5 straight on their very own court docket. A number of of these victories got here towards formidable opponents, as they defeated Boston by six factors in late December and beat the Houston Rockets twice in a span of three days final week. They might not hand Atlanta its ninth consecutive loss in Portland, however the SportsLine Projection Mannequin feels the Path Blazers will hold it shut as its simulations have them overlaying the unfold 56% of the time. Barner thinks Hawks guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker will proceed to provide offensively, because the 27-year-old has stepped up in the course of the absences of Kristaps Porzingis (Achilles) and Zaccharie Risacher (knee) by scoring a minimum of 22 factors in every of Atlanta’s final three video games.

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Canucks at Blue Jackets

Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Columbus, Ohio | TV: ESPN+ | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without cost)

SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Underneath 6.5 (+104) | Knowledgeable: Blue Jackets -1 (-111, Matt Severance)

The Canucks are one of many lowest-scoring groups within the NHL, as they’re tied for twenty eighth with 125 targets. They’ve had plenty of bother changing of late, netting a complete of 5 tallies over their final 4 video games and scoring greater than as soon as in solely a kind of contests. Taking that into consideration, the SportsLine Projection Mannequin thinks targets will likely be at a premium in Thursday’s matchup because the Underneath hits in additional than 60% of its simulations. SportsLine skilled Matt Severance (26-12-1, +1023.5 on his final 39 unfold picks involving Columbus) expects the Blue Jackets to cowl the unfold because the Canucks will likely be seeking to end their six-game street journey with none accidents as an eight-game homestand awaits them.

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UTEP at Delaware

Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Newark, Del. | TV: ESPN+ | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without cost)

SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Over 127.5 (-107) | Knowledgeable: Delaware -1.5 (-110, Larry Hartstein)

Neither crew is an offensive powerhouse as each are among the many backside three in scoring in Convention USA. Each additionally surrender a good quantity of factors, with the Miners permitting a mean of 72.6 and the Fightin’ Blue Hens allowing 70.8 per contest. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin does not see both squad shutting down the opposite on this matchup as its simulations have the Over hitting 85.5% of the time. SportsLine skilled Larry Hartstein (6-0 on his final six ATS picks involving UTEP) is backing a canopy by Delaware because the Miners are 0-6 away from dwelling and have misplaced their final three convention street video games by double digits.