T.M. Selection: Blazers (10* TRADE-MARK).

The first thing that jumps out to me here, is that despite Milwaukee's 30-17 record, which is third best in the East and by far the best in the Central, with Indiana the next closest at 21-25, is that it has in fact definitely struggled in covering the number. It does come off a win and cover over the Lakers last time out, but now the Bucks face a red hot Portland team which plays with revenge after getting spanked by the Milwaukee 134-106 back on February 1st. But since the All Star break the Blazers have played a lot better, as they posted a really shaky first half. But Portland does definitely come in on top form as I mentioned, as it returns home after sweeping its four game Eastern road swing Chelsa, posting 125, 112, 122 and 124 points in the process. Returning home after a successful road trip can go one of two ways. Either a team comes back complacent and is super happy to be sleeping in their own beds and they fall flat in the first contest back, or they come in ultra-motivated and it's actually beneficial to them. And I think the latter is going to be the case here , as the big time blowout revenge factor makes the Blazers come in completely focused on trying to avenge that humbling setback. One final note here, the Bucks have a much more "WINNABLE" game tomorrow night in Sacramento, so they could definitely be caught "LOOKING AHEAD" here as well; grab the points!

T.M. Prediction: COMING SHORTLY