This is an 8* play on OVER Denver-Portland

Look for a big time rebound from the Blazers at home in Game #6 Thursday night, especially offensively. They were blown out in Game #5, losing 124-98. It was easily their worst game in the playoffs and it put them behind the proverbial 8-ball as they'll now have to win the next two games to make the Western Conference Finals. In Game #5, Portland only shot 36.7%, easily their worst field goal percentage of any playoff game yet. Something we've harped on previously is that Denver is way worse defensively on the road. They allow less than 103 points/game at the Pepsi Center. On the road, that number jumps to 110.8. The Over is now 7-0 in Denver's last seven road games. For whatever reason, oddsmakers have decided to stick to their guns with fairly low totals in this series. That doesn't make much sense though seeing as the Over has hit eight of the nine times these teams have met this season with many of those games going Over by double digit margins. The Over is 19-7-1 in Portland's last 28 home games too. Play OVER Denver-Portland

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