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The Portland Trail Blazers are traveling to Toronto for a match up with the Raptors after they lost to the Pacers at home two nights ago. In a game where the winner was decided in the final seconds, the Trail Blazers worked as a team to force the Pacers into turnovers, especially with Zach Randolph’s effort in the lane. On the other side of the court, Toronto was beaten by a hot Chicago team by only three points. The Raptors executed fairly good team defense, and they are likely to continue this trend tonight. The pick for this Portland – Toronto match up is Portland +9 for 4 units.

The Seattle Supersonics are hosting the Golden State Warriors tonight after the latter’s valuable victory over New Orleans/Oklahoma Hornets last night. The Supersonics beat the Hornets a day earlier, too, with much better gameplay than the Warriors implemented.  However Seattle suffers from scoring problems nowadays, having excessive turnovers to turn the match into a mess. Tonight, the Warriors’ defensive strength is likely to determine the result of the game. Expected as an ordinary game, the pick is Under 209.5 for 4 units.

The Atlanta Hawks are turning their route from Los Angeles to Sacramento to challenge the Kings in Arco Arena, having lost to Los Angeles on Friday night. Whenever the Hawks concede 100+ points, they have difficulty in dealing with the situation since they do not have key players who can score 40 to pick up the slack. Joe Johnson remains solid, but that is not enough for Atlanta playing against quality teams away from home. In tonight’s game, Sacramento’s scoring problem may become a factor again.  Lacking Ron Artest will eventually affect the Kings at home, but in a fighting game, the pick is Under 195.5 for 4 units.