Portland +3

telespectatorul · 01-04-11, 05:23 PM

i think that the blazers might actually have a scot here. they play pretty well even if roy is out. dallas without dirk it's like a car without the engine. not to mention butler who is a very good scorer. those two have a combined 39 ppg. that is huge!
blazers can win this outright in my opinion.

The J-Dizzle · 01-04-11, 05:35 PM

I really like this one myself, will put some on the ML for sure! Butler played great at their last meeting scoring 23 points, who will cover for him tonight?

Go Blazers!

Shark79 · 01-04-11, 05:43 PM

I like the Play ...

Avon Barksdale · 01-04-11, 05:48 PM

I liked this until SweetJones posted he was on it.

sportman1313 · 01-04-11, 06:05 PM

blazers r taking this one straight up...bank on them if u wanna make some dough. Mavericks barely won last time and this time w/o butler and nowitzki...on top of that, 6 of 8 losses have been at home and blazers been hot. Rebounding masquerade tonight for portland

Avon Barksdale · 01-04-11, 06:07 PM

Blazers have been hot at home.. They still suck on the road.

sportman1313 · 01-04-11, 06:44 PM

yeah, but they shoulda beat mavs on the road a few weeks back...plus, mavs haven't been too impressive at home either. Unless the refs call a terrible game against blazers or mavs just play lights out, blazers will take this win straight up. Wouldn't be surprised with a 10+ point win either

Avon Barksdale · 01-04-11, 06:57 PM

lol.

the blazers were down by 20 at one point in the last game and aldridge scored 25 points in the 4th to make it close imo.

sportman1313 · 01-04-11, 07:12 PM

yeah, i know....aldridge played a great game (esp. the 4th) and they almost pulled out the win with a terrific 4th quarter. But butler and nowitzki played great themselves and were the quintessential reasons for why mavs won that game. Mavs' whole team shot really well that game and roy was almost non-existent in it although he played...w/o butler and dirk, i think blazers r gonna be too much for them. We'll see how it goes...don't mean to go against what u're saying by any means but I think blazers win this one handily (atleast they should, barring a fantastic performance by mavs, or terrible refereeing). Guess we'll see what happens tho

young chad · 01-04-11, 11:12 PM

Shoulda got the .5 insurance...freaking PUSH! Better than losing though!

sportman1313 · 01-04-11, 11:14 PM

good call barksdale...likewise chad, should've played the spread instead of da moneyline wit blazers. Boy, these blazers looked so different than against utah and rockets. Oh well, nice call barksdale and hats off to mavs on this game...played solid D

young chad · 01-04-11, 11:19 PM

Yea for some reason I wasn't confident to bet on them...Roy not being there doesn't have much to do with it (for me) because he's always hurt, Aldridge is their "guy" now...Roy is a complimentary piece...you would think that with all the info out there, Portland would have won by about 10..but the Mavs are SO good in the regular season that you have that sinking feeling they can pull it off