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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
The Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Crypto.com Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Lakers as -5.5-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 226.
Los Angeles was a 116-115 loser in its last match at home against the Pacers. They failed to cover the -4-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 231 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
Last time out for Portland, they were a 118-112 loser as they battled the Clippers at home. The Trail Blazers failed to cover in the match as a -4-point favorite, while 230 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors.
Portland:
Team record: 11-10 SU,13-8 ATS
Portland is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
Portland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 6 games
Los Angeles:
Team record: 7-12 SU,7-12 ATS
LA Lakers is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
LA Lakers is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 5 games
Next up:
Portland at Utah Saturday, December 3
Los Angeles at Milwaukee Friday, December 2