Portland -7.5 AT Detroit (196)
This is the 1st meeting between these teams this season. The Trail Blazers swept the 2 meetings last season, including an overtime win AT Detroit (111-109) as 3.5 pt road favs. These two teams could not be going in more opposite directions. The Trail Blazers have reeled off 13 wins in their L/14 games (lone loss was at home to the Grizz). These Pistons have dropped 12 straight ballgames & are off to a horrid start this season (3-18). Detroit has covered just twice in their L/9 games & are coming off a (96-94) home loss to the Thunder on Sunday. These Pistons are playing their 3rd and final game of their home-stand this evening. They head out on a West Coast roadie after tonight's game. While the Trail Blazers are streaking big time SU, they are just (1-5-1 ATS L/7) ballgames. Portland is playing their 2nd game of a 5 game East Coast roadie & are coming off a (103-99) win AT New York as 6.5 pt favs on Sunday. The HOME team has covered 5 straight times when these teams square off. The UNDER is 4-1 L/5 games when the Pistons play on 1 day of rest. This will be the Blazers 9th ROAD game this season & the OVER has cashed in 5 of the 8 so far. The Trail Blazers have been ROAD FAVS in 6 of their 8 road games this season & they're (2-4 ATS). Taking a little closer look, we can see that they've been ROAD FAVS of -4.5 to -6.5 in four games & they're (2-2 ATS).
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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS -4 (-105 @Cris)