Portland at Golden State

This line may say it all. Portland is barely a dog playing on the road at Golden State. After shocking Dallas in the playoffs two years ago, the Warriors did not make the playoffs last year, and are out to a sluggish start this season that has seen them win just four games. The four teams the Warriors have a dismal combined record of 12-26 or 31.5%. This is a very telling stat. Portland is an up-and-coming team, and their 6-4 record is no fluke, and they are hot right now winning five of their last six. We all saw what they can do when they get hot as they rattled off 14 in a row last year. Here we have teams heading in different directions, the wrong team is favored, and so the Blazers get the nod here.