Seattle at Portland

Rashard Lewis will be out this game for the Sonics. When he is out, the Sonics struggle to put up points, as evident when they were blown out by 25+ against Houston on the road. Furthermore, this team recently beat Portland by 30+ at home and given that Portland will want revenge, they will step it up on defense. Imagine this, the last total in Portland was just about 150. Given that Portland's offense has been suspect all year, as this team's starters average 42ppg - yes, 42ppg and given that Seattle will be handicapped today as well - and on top of that the double revenge factor for the Blazers to play D, I beleive this game might go into the 180's and not anywhere near the range of 200. Compound that with the under beint 6-1 when the Sonics are favored in their last 7 and the under is 7-2 when the Blazers are dogged by 0-5 points at home, the under seems to be a strong play here and we'll anchor that as our 3rd leg of our premium picks today.