This is an 8* play on the Portland Trailblazers.

I jumped on this line the second it came out and only got +4.5, most of you would have been able to get in at +5.5, but regardless, I love this selection and while I obviously feel that the outright win isn't out of the question, I will in the end recommend grabbing as many points as you can as I look for the visitors to at the very least, keep this one close enough to comfortably sneak in through the back door down the stretch. Both teams backed their way into the postseason, but Portland plays with the "revenge" incentive after Memphis swept the regular season series, they last met on March 21st with the Grizz pulling off the 97-86 victory (note that two of those games were decided by six points or fewer). Portland's Damian Lillard summed it up best here: "Last year, Houston beat up on us during the regular season, 3-1," Lillard explained. "We got the best of them in the playoffs. We locked in and got it done. We got the best of San Antonio in the regular season. In the playoffs, we know what happened. Like I said, it's a completely different level of intensity and focus. Everything changes." Portland needs to try its best to turn this into a track meet, it's 102 PPG average is one of the tops in the league and will need to get the stingy Grizzlies on their heels. Memphis struggled down the stretch and I think is ripe for the picking today, play on PORTLAND.

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