New Orleans at Portland

The teams are meeting for the first time this season and Portland has been getting the money lately covering the number four of its past five games although it did lose in overtime to Detroit on Thursday. Still, the Trail Blazers are 8-0 ATS their past eight games against teams with winning records and 8-1 ATS overall as home underdogs. Portland has covered six of eight home games and it is 7-1 ATS as a home underdog of 5.0-10.5 points. New Orleans is playing its seventh road game in eight games and it comes off a 139-122 loss to the Lakers last night and the game went OVER by 24 points. Portland soared OVER by 24 points in its overtime loss to the Pistons. The Pelicans are 7-20 ATS their past 27 Saturday games, 9-3 OVER playing on no rest and 6-2 OVER as favorites. Take the points with the Trail Blazers as a Max Play and the OVER.