NBA Odds: Heat vs. Trail Blazers prediction, odds and pick

Portland Trail Blazers are 4-0 in the NBA season. Miami Heat are 1-3 after four games. The Heat's big concerns are the performances of Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry. The team is not expected to be the No. 1 seed in Eastern Conference for a second consecutive season, but it was not also expected that it would stumble out of the gate like this. Kyle was hurt in last year's playoffs and didn't have the burst or effectiveness he needed to become the difference-making player he was for the Toronto Raptors. He was also injured in this season's Eastern conference Finals series against the Boston Celtics.

The Heat are on a West Coast road trip in late October. Miami can't afford to lose too much ground too early in the season. The Heat had a lead in East standings last spring and didn't have to go all-out at the end of the regular season, but they were able to manage their roster and withstand the injury.

The Trail Blazers have beaten the Suns and Nuggets at home.

The Heat are bound to start playing well and Portland is due for some regression.

The final NBA odds and pick are Heat -3.