Yes, the Trail Blazers are playing the second game of a back-to-back set. They’ve also only played two contests on the road this season and lost both of them by at least 12 points. However, with Philadelphia's Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid (rest) out for this matchup, Portland could be primed to get its first victory of the season away from home.

There are rumors out that that Sixers star Joel Embiid will sit this one out simply for rest. He is quite banged up. Thus, we'll take a shot that it's true and take the five points as I think Portland could now win outright since Ben Simmons still isn't around for Philadelphia, either.