The Celtics are a motivated bunch these days after starting this road trip by giving away points. I don't think they'll take the Blazers for granted and we have months of trends that point to some start contrasts here. Boston is far and away the best team in the NBA on the road, in the first half, with a league-best +6 +/-. The Blazers are notorious slow starters at home and are 28th in the NBA with a -4.3 +/- in the first half of games at home. Portland is just 2-8 last 10 at home ATS and Boston is too balanced and deep for them. I always worry about stars being yanked and weird back-door runs, so I'll play this as a half instead.