Portland at Indiana

Portland rolls into the Gainbridge Fieldhouse with a day of rest following its 114-95 win at Brooklyn on Monday night. Under normal circumstances, this might be considered a gruelling trip for a West Coast team on the bubble, but the Nets and Pacers are frontrunners for this year's "Top Tankers" award. The Blazers have difficult tests at Minnesota and at Denver up next, but they can't afford to look past this contest. Indiana has lost 14-straight since the All-Star break, going 1-13 ATS. They're allowing 126.2 PPG and getting outscored by almost 15 points per game. Of the 14 losses, 10 were by double-digits. Portland has increased its first-half tempo over the past few weeks, and it buried the Pacers 131-111 just ten days ago. The Blazers have covered nine road games in a row vs. the Central, and thrived in a 3-in-4, going 31-9 ATS. Lay the points with Portland.