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Boston comes to this match with a new situation for them this season. For this first time in the season, they have lost three times in a row and everybody is waiting to see how they will react in this new situation for them, in a hard match away against the young Trail Blazers. Boston in this road trip in the West had two different phases. In the first two games they played almost in a run and gun style and even though they were capable to compete until the end against Denver and Golden State, they lost both matches in games with more than 230 points scored. But in the last game, Boston lost against the Suns in a tremendous defensive game. And even though this was their biggest defeat in this road trip, the team played with a similar style of what they've done this season, with an enormous focus in the defense. Doc Rivers has said exactly that:

“The first two games on the trip we played horrible even though they were close games. (Friday) night, besides missing wide-open shots and just being inefficient offensively with our passing, it was more like we play.”

Today the team will try to snap this losing streak, playing with their normal style, but they will find a team that everytime is the home dog, gives a lot of fight to their opponents. Portland has surprised everyone this season and when they are the home dog, the under is 6-2 on these games. However, after the All Star break, the team is having a lot of problems in scoring (94 pts vs Kings; 92 and 87 pts vs Seattle). In their last two games, Portland shot worse than 40% FG and shot 11-37 3pts, which is a sign of a confidence crisis in the attack.

Portland will do everything for this match to be an ugly game, as they won't want to play with an open court style. Besides that, Portland will do everything for this match to be extremely aggressive, something that Boston will also try to do to avoid a fourth loss in a row. A curious stat: Boston was already an away favorite between 6 and 7,5 points for five times this season. And all these five games ended up being under. I predict the same to happen in here today. Take the under in here.

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Pick : Under 186
Odds : 1.96
Stake : 10 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
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Date : 2008-02-24
Match Result : 102-112
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