Portland at Los Angeles

The end of the Kobe Bryant era was not pretty for the Lakers and after a promising start, they have reverted back to being a poor team at 15-26. The Lakers are a woeful 80-207 straight-up in the last three plus years. They have won two games in a row, something rare, which they have managed just 21 times over the period. Of the 21 times, they have extended the streak to three games just five times, and own an ATS record of 7-13-1 ATS when trying to extend the streak to three games. Portland went through a brutal stretch of 11 games than left them at 1-10, but they seem to be working their way back by having split their last six games. One of those wins was a  nine-point home win vs. LA just five days ago. I think they smell another one here, so play on Portland.