I Would want this line to move in our favor to +6 for the added ML value, you can say both teams are in a quite of a funk, Portland losing it's last two, including a loss to the Magic, that is rock bottom in my opinion, no the 76ers are not the worst team, they give you fight when you back them, Orlando just sucks, might be the worst team in the league. Anyways the Hornets come into the match up losing their last 5, It doesn't get better for them..I like the Blazers to have that extra motivation in Charlotte to take this one straight up, they are in the middle of a short 4 game road trip, Coach Terry Stotts will want to break even at least, they lost on the first game of the trip in D.C... beat the Hornets, beat the 76ers, and give it a chance on saturday vs the Celtics to have a positive outcome on this road trip.
I see a hungry team in the Blazers coming out and firing early and maintain a nice lead all game, as long as they keep the 4th quarter in check (in reference to K.Walker) they should be able to win straight up cover. Motivation is there for the Blazers guys, i think the Hornets will have a rough couple of days coming soon as they have the Raptors next after the Blazers. GL