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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Phoenix Suns
March 21, 2010 at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
The Phoenix Suns (43-26 overall) have been hot lately. They’ve won 4 out of their last 5 matchups and are on a 3 game winning streak. They’ve taken down the last 3 opponents by more than 10 points, with their most impressive against Minnesota by 38 points. As good as the Suns have been lately, the Portland Trail Blazers (42-28 overall) have been even better. Portland has won 8 out of their last 9 and hope to extend their current winning streak to six this evening.
The Trail Blazers play for a fifth consecutive victory over the Suns and a series sweep for the first time in 11 years. This game will be extremely important to both teams now that they’re nearing the final stretch. The Suns will play to prevent a series sweep and get sweet revenge with their first victory over the Trail Blazers since November of 2008. The final scores in the last 2 meetings were 108-101 in Phoenix, and 105-102 in Portland.
Surprising to some, Phoenix is favored by 6.5 points in this game. The total is listed at 207. Considering the significance of this game, the Suns have a chance to take this game, but it won’t be by much if they do.
Portland Betting Trends:
Portland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games |
Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games |
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Portland's last 10 games |
Portland is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games on the road |
Portland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road |
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 5 games on the road |
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix |
Portland is 8-14-1 ATS in its last 23 games when playing Phoenix |
Portland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix |
Portland is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games when playing Phoenix |
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 6 games when playing Phoenix |
Portland is 5-12-1 ATS in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Phoenix |
Portland is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
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Phoenix Betting Trends:
Phoenix is 11-3 ATS in its last 14 games |
Phoenix is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games |
Phoenix is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games at home |
Phoenix is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home |
Phoenix is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Portland |
Phoenix is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games when playing Portland |
Phoenix is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Portland |
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Portland |
Phoenix is 12-5-1 ATS in its last 18 games when playing at home against Portland |
Phoenix is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Portland
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Pick: Take Portland +6.5
Betting Trends by Bodog.com
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