{"id":11319,"date":"2010-12-07T10:52:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11319"},"modified":"2010-12-07T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T15:52:04","slug":"phoenix-suns-at-portland-trail-blazers-nba-basketball-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/phoenix-suns-at-portland-trail-blazers-nba-basketball-predictions-11319\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers NBA Basketball Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers
\nTuesday, 11\/7\/10, 10:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 204
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 204<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Portland Trail Blazers look to make it two in a row versus the Phoenix Suns at the Rose Garden <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phoenix is enjoying a season-high tying three-game win streak that includes a 125-108 win over Washington on Sunday.\u00a0 The Suns are always led by point guard Steve Nash when he is in the lineup and he enjoyed a perfect contest versus the Wizards, going 8 of 8 from the field and made all three of his free-throw attempts to finish with 20 points.\u00a0 \u201cWhen he\u2019s feeling well, He\u2019s as good as any point guard in the league,\u201d coach Alvin Gentry commented.\u00a0 The two-time MVP is second in the league in averaging 10.4 assists per game this season and he has led the NBA in that category four times in the last six seasons.\u00a0 The team hopes to capitalize on its upcoming schedule by playing four games against sub-.500 teams, including two against the Blazers starting tonight.\u00a0 Phoenix is 9-10 ATS on the season and the NBA lines page has them listed as a road underdog.<\/p>\n

The Suns have captured 12 of the last 17 regular season meetings against the Trail Blazers and 16 of the last 23 including the playoffs.\u00a0 Phoenix has also opened the month of December 3-0 for the first time since 2007-08, which is much better than its 0-2 start it suffered the last two seasons to kick off the month.\u00a0 The squad has played solid basketball against Western Conference opponents in the first two months, posting an 8-5 overall mark, which includes a 4-3 record on the road.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has scored 100-plus points in a season-high eight-straight games and the bench has provided at least 23 points in all 20 games this season.<\/p>\n

Portland snapped a six-game losing streak with a 100-91 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, but will be suffering a loss tonight with starting point guard Andre Miller serving a one-game suspension.\u00a0 \u201cWith everything that has gone on in the last couple weeks…you just know you have to win,\u201d said coach Nate McMillan.\u00a0 \u201cYou have to win one and you have to play through it.\u201d\u00a0 The Blazers have a good chance in capturing a second straight win, posting victories in five of the past six regular season meetings with the Suns, including a 106-92 season-opening win on October 26 in the Rose Garden.\u00a0 Portland is 6-6 ATS as a favorite this season and 69-53 ATS in this role the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Blazers have won the last four meetings at home in the series and know how important it is defensively to hold the Suns under 100 points.\u00a0 Portland has won all nine of its games this season when holding opponents under the century mark, which is critical when the winning team has scored 100-plus points in 21 of the last 23 regular season games in the series.\u00a0 Rebounding is also a key statistic in determining tonight\u2019s winner, with the Blazers averaging 44.6 rebounds per game in wins and 36.5 rebounds in losses.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Suns 5-1-1 ATS mark versus the Western Conference, while the Blazers are 4-10-1 ATS after a SU win.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are enjoying a fantastic season and can\u2019t wait for you to join them tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday, 11\/7\/10, 10:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Portland -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Portland -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 204 Current Total:\u00a0 204 Phoenix is enjoying a season-high tying three-game win streak that includes a 125-108 win over Washington on Sunday.\u00a0 The Suns are always led by point guard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[701,3615,3641,577,830,3914,576,3693],"class_list":["post-11319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-alvin-gentry","tag-andre-miller","tag-nate-mcmillan","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-rose-garden","tag-steve-nash","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11320,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions\/11320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}