The Portland Trail Blazers will be short-handed when they host the Indiana Pacers tonight as guard CJ McCollum is out with a knee injury. Other Blazers will need to pick up the slack as Portland has been one of the hottest bets coming out of the all-star break at 8-4 SU and ATS. The Blazers also have a great winning history when hosting the Pacers as they’ve won nine straight vs Indiana when playing at the Moda Center dating back to 2007.
The Blazers opened as 4-point favorites with a total of 213.5.
I’ll probably get burned on this one because CJ McCollum is a huge part of the Blazers’ offense but I think the Pacers have played so poorly on the road lately that I’m willing to overlook it. The Pacers’ defense hasn’t performed nearly as well as it does at home and the offense has looked to be in quicksand as it hasn’t topped 110 points in six straight games, which all have conveniently gone UNDER. The total is just too low for me to confidently take the UNDER so give me the Blazers to hold it down at home.
The Pacers are 0-9 SU and 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 games in Portland.away The Blazers are 10-2 SU and 8-4 ATS in 12 home games vs Eastern Conference teams.home The total has gone UNDER in the Pacers’ last six games.away