So what's it gonna be? Min vs Por

After yesterday's humiliating loss to Portland, the line is still the same in the re-match. So half of bettors think Minny is pissed and will get revenge. Half think Minny is overrated and will not win by double digits. So what's it gonna be? Portland has mostly looked awful. Minny does seem overrated. Without KAT they only have one elite player. Everyone else has massive holes in their game. Mike Conley is ancient. How's he going to be in a back-to-back? His last 2 b2b he played poorly.

@irw

Whenever the Blazers are healthy this season, expect them to be much improved, compared to last season.

Does not necessarily mean that Portland will get the cover in tonight's game, but they are actually the correct side in this match-up, with both teams playing their 3rd game in 4 days.

That has to be the worst performance ever. There's no 'we took the other team lightly' excuse. Minnesota was playing a back-to-back revenge game after 2 straight losses. The previous loss was humiliating. So the double-digit favorite gets up to a double-digit lead and ends up losing. To the team that just humiliated them yesterday, playing only 1 starter and not a good one because they're a crappy team. I almost bet Minny when I saw they weren't going to play ancient Mike Conley in the back-to-back. That made them better to me. What was the thinking behind trading KAT for Julius Randle and a bench player? 

@irw

Thinking of this season's Trail Blazers as being a 'crappy team' might end up costing you a significant sum of money. When healthy, as an underdog, for the next little while, they should actually be a 'live' play for most who frequent this forum. Dismiss them at your own peril.

@gmcsports

 They weren't healthy. They had one starter. They had played 11 games and lost 6 of them by double digits. They were double-digit home dogs. All those things add up to a crappy team. I don't need to be told there's a difference between a healthy team and a depleted team. That's obvious.