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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers

The fans at Crypto.com Arena will be treated to a game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers when they take their seats on Friday.

Oddsmakers opened the Lakers as -5.5-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 232.

Los Angeles was a 104-99 loser in its last match on the road against the Grizzlies. They covered the +6-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 203 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

Last time out for Portland, they were a 120-105 loser as they battled the Jazz at home. The Trail Blazers failed to cover in the match as a +8-point underdog, while 225 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

Portland:
Team record: 13-21 SU,12-22 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Portland is 14-4 ATS in its last 18 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
Portland is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers

Los Angeles:
Team record: 17-19 SU,14-22 ATS
LA Lakers is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Lakers's last 12 games

Next up:
Portland home to Atlanta Monday, January 3
Los Angeles home to Minnesota Sunday, January 2