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AAA's 10* WEST-CONF GAME OF MONTH! +$35,910 NBA RUN!
(NBA) Oklahoma City vs. Portland,
Point Spread: -8.00 | -110.00 Portland (Home)
Result: Win
Point Spread: -8.00 | -110.00 Portland (Home)
Result: Win
This is a 10* GAME OF THE MONTH on the Portland Trailblazers.
"Revenge" is a powerful motivating factor. Throw in the "opening night" in front of the home town crowd angle and that fact that the leagues leading scorer is sitting this one out with injury for the visiting side and all signs point to an epic one-sided rout in my opinion. The Thunder will have to make some major adjustments to start the year, but the Blazers are fully healthy and ready to go. OKC's Russell Westbrook certainly has the talent to carry the load, but the Thunder will now become much more one dimensional. With teams being able to double team Westbrook without fear of getting burned by KD, I think he's going to have some trouble, and especially tonight. KD isn't the only injured Thunder player though, note that Reggie Jackson is out with an ankle injury, so to is guard Jeremy Lamb; Anthony Morrow, Mitch McGary and Perry Jones are also all out as well. This OKC team is ripe for the picking, LaMarcus Aldridge, Damien Lillard, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews and Robin Lopez are 100% for the Blazers. Note that Portland also added big man Chris Kaman and veteran guard Steve Blake to bolster a bench which was the leauge's lowest-scoring last year. In my opinion, this line should be a lot higher, play on PORTLAND.
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"Revenge" is a powerful motivating factor. Throw in the "opening night" in front of the home town crowd angle and that fact that the leagues leading scorer is sitting this one out with injury for the visiting side and all signs point to an epic one-sided rout in my opinion. The Thunder will have to make some major adjustments to start the year, but the Blazers are fully healthy and ready to go. OKC's Russell Westbrook certainly has the talent to carry the load, but the Thunder will now become much more one dimensional. With teams being able to double team Westbrook without fear of getting burned by KD, I think he's going to have some trouble, and especially tonight. KD isn't the only injured Thunder player though, note that Reggie Jackson is out with an ankle injury, so to is guard Jeremy Lamb; Anthony Morrow, Mitch McGary and Perry Jones are also all out as well. This OKC team is ripe for the picking, LaMarcus Aldridge, Damien Lillard, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews and Robin Lopez are 100% for the Blazers. Note that Portland also added big man Chris Kaman and veteran guard Steve Blake to bolster a bench which was the leauge's lowest-scoring last year. In my opinion, this line should be a lot higher, play on PORTLAND.
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