Denver at Portland

Classic matchup of high scoring vs. low-scoring here. Who will prevail? Well we like the home team to dictate the tempo of the game and if Portalnd does that here, they keep it slow and low-scoring and win. Denver's makeup has changed without Anthony in the lineup. Their games were averaging over 208 ppg with him in there. But over their last eight games, they have changed completely. They have topped 100 just twice and are averaging just 91.5 ppg. They are giving up only 98.6. Take out one shootout vs. the Lakers in which 227 were scored and the contrast becomes even starker. We expect a low scoring game that favors the Blazers here.