Zach LaVine's Sactown debut turned into a non-event last night, as he hit only 4 of 13 from the floor as the Kings were routed at home by the Magic. Whatever chemistry the Kings had for a while in January disappeared when De'Aaron Fox amped up his trade demands. It is apparent whatever good synergy has been lost. Meanwhile it might be time to start taking the Blazers seriously as they have now won five straight after the Indiana blowout on Tuesday, upping the mark to 9-1 across their last ten games. Improved defense is reflected by scorelines. In four of Portland's last eight games, the Blazers have held foes below 100 points, illustrating upgrades on the stop end for Chauncey Billups. Play Blazers.

Maybe this goes up, but my son has some senior night stuff tonight and I'll be out of pocket for a while and jumped this ASAP. Kings face Magic tonight and are 3-6 ATS with no rest and 2-9 ATS with rest disadvantage and -4.4 net rating over last 10 games (22nd), and POR is 1st (+12.7). Blazers cover margin during 7-game home cover streak: 28.5, 7.5, 23.5, 34, 18.5, 4, 15.5. Wow. Kings 2-6 ATS last 8 on road, 11-19-1 ATS vs West. Did I mention Blazers have covered 10 straight games and won 5 straight? Sprinkle on the ML.