Portland at New Orleans

The New Orleans Hornets have been a defensive powerhouse at home. Their last 15 home games have seen them hold all 15 teams to UNDER their season's scoring average. It isn't that they are holding teams just below their average they have held these 15 teams to an average of 10.5 points per game below their average! These 15 teams have combined to average 99.5 ppg, but the Hornets have held them to 89.0 ppg. The Trailblazers have been held to 86.2 ppg on the road in their last eight games against teams that are .500 or better - a full 12.5 ppg below their season average. This series has been rough, physical, and defensive over the last few years as each of the last six games has gone UNDER the total, and no game has seen more than 187 points scored. I like this one to go UNDER.