My reason for laying it all down on OKC -5

[Covy]

Raymond Felton will not play.

Good luck telling me that Jamal Crawford/Nolan Smith/Jonny Flynn will keep Westbrook in check.

[ChiLLx]

Felton has been garbage this season

[Les_Nuts]

Felton can't even keep his diet in check, minor loss to portland

[shimeon40]

Covy..crawford,smith and flynn will keep westbrook in check ..you buying it?...nah didn't think so..BOL with your pick.

[Covy]

Felton has been garbage this season

on the offensive end, sure, but he plays pretty good D

[Frisco]

This sounds like the same logic that led to the Rose-less Bulls beating the Heat. Or the Duncan-less Spurs dominating the Sixers. Felton being out is prolly a good thing for Port

[shimeon40]

OKC were pumped to beat miami..maybe they don't show up against these slugs portland expecting an easy kill...who knows...amazing happens.

[cdaniels24]

This sounds like the same logic that led to the Rose-less Bulls beating the Heat. Or the Duncan-less Spurs dominating the Sixers. Felton being out is prolly a good thing for Port

I agree. Same thing happened last night with Knicks/Bucks game with New York getting the cover minus Lin and Stat. I think POR covers 5. I wouldn't be surprised if it jumps .5 before tip to lure you in. Addition by subtraction

[Speedy88]

LOL your reason for taking OKC is because Raymond Felton isn't playing? Have you seen Felton play this year? Out of the 32 starting PG's in the league, he may be the worst. I'd have to go through the list, but I doubt there are 30 starting PG's who are worst than Felton.

If Felton were playing, the line would be OKC -7.

[Covy]

This sounds like the same logic that led to the Rose-less Bulls beating the Heat. Or the Duncan-less Spurs dominating the Sixers. Felton being out is prolly a good thing for Port

Bulls and Spurs aren't bad teams to begin with.

Blazers weren't too bad until Camby/Wallace were shipped out. Granted, they still have Aldridge/Matthews/Batum, but they're going up against two superstars and two defensive big men. The only things Blazers have going for them is they play well at home (16-8) on year, and OKC has LAL at Staples on Thursday.

LOL your reason for taking OKC is because Raymond Felton isn't playing? Have you seen Felton play this year? Out of the 32 starting PG's in the league, he may be the worst. I'd have to go through the list, but I doubt there are 30 starting PG's who are worst than Felton.

If Felton were playing, the line would be OKC -7.

I never said Felton was good, but when you have a true SG in Crawford starting at PG and two god awful backups in Smith/Flynn, Russell will have no one to slow him down.

[HoulihansTX]

LOL your reason for taking OKC is because Raymond Felton isn't playing? Have you seen Felton play this year? Out of the 32 starting PG's in the league, he may be the worst. I'd have to go through the list, but I doubt there are 30 starting PG's who are worst than Felton.

If Felton were playing, the line would be OKC -7.

Lakers version of Derek Fisher
Now OKC version of Derek Fisher

thats two.

[Speedy88]

Should be an interesting game. I expect one of those guys to step up big tonight (Craw/Flynn/Smith). With Felton struggling and out a few games, this is a time for a Johnny Flynn or a Nolan Smith to make a name for himself. The starting PG spot is completely up for grabs, hopefully one of these young kids steps up to the challenge. Curious to see what Flynn can do.

It's kind of hard to get a read on this game, but I kind of like POR. They are a team that feeds off the energy of their home crowd, and I'd expect the Rose Garden to be sold out and rocking like it was a couple of months ago. The fans will forget how bad they have been the past few weeks because the OKC Thunder are coming to town.

I could see OKC letting down a bit after that big win on national TV against MIA.

[BigDofBA]

Huge OKC fan here. I follow them everyday and have predicted about 70% of their losses this year before the game.

My advice would be to fade them against the Blazers and Lakers.

I don't have a good feel for tonight's game just because I don't have a good feel for the Blazers right now. With that said, Portland has given us problems recently and they bet us in OKC this year.

I think OKC wins but doesn't cover I had OKC by 2-3 and expected the line to be 5 which is what is. That means Portland should be the play but I'm not that confident in it bc I don't know what Blazers team shows up.

I expect OKC to be -2 to -3 tomorrow. If they are, take LA ML.

[Covy]

Westbrook goes off

OKC wins and covers

[hawley]

This is a winner but it's funny you thought Felton would influence the result.

I would much rather a younger faster guard on Westbrook than that fat fuk Felton.

[pacocn]

Who can keep Westbrooke in check?