Houston at Portland

The Portland Trailblazers are truly a tail of two teams. Take this team on the road, and they are on the level of the NBA bottom-feeders at 8-22. Put them in the comforts of home, and they are a playoff-caliber team at 19-10. The Rockets have played well on this road trip at 3-0, and certainly could be fat cats here ripe to be had, as they head home after this one. They have lost all of their last five, however, as a road dog of +4.5 or less, both straight-up and against the spread. Portland has put a hurt on the NBA Southwest at 6-1 ATS in their last seven. I respect the 3-0 road trip thus far by Houston, but Portland finds a way to win at home. Play Portland on the moneyline.