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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter.
Oddsmakers opened the Lakers as -3.5-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 225.
The Trail Blazers were a 121-115 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Jazz. They failed to cover the +5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (236) made winners of OVER bettors.
In their last action, Los Angeles was a 111-106 loser at home against the Clippers. They failed to cover the -2-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (217) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Los Angeles:
Team record: 24-7 SU,16-15 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
LA Lakers is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games
LA Lakers is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Portland:
Team record: 14-18 SU,13-17-2 ATS
Portland is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Portland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Portland's last 9 games
Next up:
Los Angeles home to Dallas Sunday, December 29
Portland home to Phoenix Monday, December 30