Atlanta at Portland

The Portland Trailblazers were one of the biggest surprises to open the season, but this team appears to be hitting the wall, or at the very least going through some tough times mentally and physically. Portland is still an elite 41-19 on the season, but they have been just 10-10 in their last 20 games where they have been quite pedestrian. They barely got by a struggling Denver team here two games back, and lost to a horrible Lakers team as a -12-point chalk in their last game. Atlanta has not played well either, but have managed to rise to the occasion vs. the elite teams at 5-2-1 ATS in their last eight. The Hawks have historically played well here at 7-2 ATS in their last nine trips to Portland. Take the points on Atlanta.