The Portland Trailblazers welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Rose Garden tonight as they look to bounce back from a disappointing loss.
The 21-14 Blazers were playing their second of back-to-back games and third in four nights when they lost 82-81 as 8 point favorites at Denver Friday. They'll be happy to see the Cavs again though having beaten them by 32 and 26 points the last two times these teams met.
The Cavs are playing their 3rd game in 4 nights tonight as they endure a long road trip. They beat Seattle 87-79 Sunday and had set themselves for that game on the back of some disparaging comments from Sonics Forward Rashard Lewis...they face a possible let-down situation tonight and have struggled to score in recent games against the Blazers.
But it's the total that once again we believe offers value tonight. The Cavs combined with the Lakers two games back for 214 points, but their other recent road games resulted in just 166 points at the Sonics, 164 at the Bulls and 161 at the Raptors.
Meanwhile Portland are combining for just 177 points through their last four home games.
Nine of the last ten meetings between these teams have stayed under the total and the last five would have stayed well under tonight's posted line of 187.5.
We expect a motivated Portland to win comfortably and with Cleveland struggling to post more than 80 points this one should finish around the 180 mark.
Recommended Play: UNDER 187.5
The 21-14 Blazers were playing their second of back-to-back games and third in four nights when they lost 82-81 as 8 point favorites at Denver Friday. They'll be happy to see the Cavs again though having beaten them by 32 and 26 points the last two times these teams met.
The Cavs are playing their 3rd game in 4 nights tonight as they endure a long road trip. They beat Seattle 87-79 Sunday and had set themselves for that game on the back of some disparaging comments from Sonics Forward Rashard Lewis...they face a possible let-down situation tonight and have struggled to score in recent games against the Blazers.
But it's the total that once again we believe offers value tonight. The Cavs combined with the Lakers two games back for 214 points, but their other recent road games resulted in just 166 points at the Sonics, 164 at the Bulls and 161 at the Raptors.
Meanwhile Portland are combining for just 177 points through their last four home games.
Nine of the last ten meetings between these teams have stayed under the total and the last five would have stayed well under tonight's posted line of 187.5.
We expect a motivated Portland to win comfortably and with Cleveland struggling to post more than 80 points this one should finish around the 180 mark.
Recommended Play: UNDER 187.5