Portland Trail Blazers at Golden State Warriors NBA Picks Review
The Portland Trail Blazers are battling for seventh place in the Western Conference as they visit the Golden State Warriors who have pretty much packed it in for the year.
Seventh place may not seem like much of a prize, but eighth place buys you a ticket to play the Lakers so the Blazers are going to keep battling.
The Warriors have played fairly well at home, but they’re on a five-game losing streak. They are a high scoring team, but they don’t bother with defense giving up the most points in the league.
The Blazers have been a pretty good road team. The coach is putting more of an emphasis on defense and the Warriors make a good test of defensive commitment.
Marcus Camby was back on Sunday after an ankle injury and he made his presence felt in the paint grabbing eight rebounds and five blocks.
The Blazers are 6-point NBA lines favorites and the over/under is 214.5 at betED.
The Blazers have played well against run-and-gun teams of late winning over Memphis and Toronto and staying with Denver for most of the game.
In their last two home games following long road trips, the Warriors lost by 11 and 12 points to the Spurs and Thunder respectively. Portland is motivated and should continue this trend.
The Warriors appear to have shut it down for the season losing five in a row while the Blazers need to wins to avoid a first round match-up with the Lakers.
