Portland comes off the break losers of 2 straight, both DD losses in the Sunshine state. They lost the last game vs. Utah as an 11 pt road dog, but did just stay in the number, losing by 10. Portland shot just 52% from the charity stripe in this game, and what really killed them was being outscored by 15 in the 2nd quarter.
Utah comes in winners of 6 straight, 4 of which were against Eastern Conference opponents.
Deron Williams is out for Utah. I think this is more of a difference than does the oddsmaker.
Good luck.