Houston at Portland

Houston gets it done on defense. In our NBA power rankings (http://www.wunderdog.com/nba-power-rankings.html), they own the #2 ranked defense. But their offense is near the bottom. Their offense has improved of late and their defense slacked a bit. But they have played some real barn-burner teams including Golden State and the Lakers twice! The run-and-gun has netted them three losses in their last four games. You can bet against a team like Portland, after losing 3 of 4, they are going to return to what helped them build a 14-6 record: defense! Portland is a slow down team anyway and Houston is 17-5 to the UNDER vs. teams averaging 76 or less shots per game over the past three seasons. They are also 26-11 UNDER over that span after allowing 100+ points in three straight games.