If you had told me before the season that I would play Portland less than ... jeez I don't know +8 in Oklahoma City, I would have bet you almost anything that I wouldn't. The NBA might have been my favorite league of all-time for a while. But this is the problem right here and why it's losing fans like me who grew up in the heyday. Maybe its best team is resting everyone. To quote Gary Oldman in The Professional/Leon (top 10 movie): "EVERYONE!" Again, I'm not a get off my lawn type, but ridiculous. Portland should frankly win outright now but maybe those guys are completely flat knowing they are facing the G-League Thunder I suppose.

Are we really going against OKC tonight? Well, it looks like no SGA, no Jalen Williams, no Lu Dort, no Isaiah Hartenstein, all out for various reasons, and Chet Holmgren iffy. So it's likely a reserve side that Mark Daigneault will be putting on the floor vs. the Blazers...this isn't going to be the normal Thunder tonight. Portland, which earned a spread cover vs. a near full-strength OKC in its last visit to the Paycom Center on November 20, has been making plenty of noise lately, winning five of seven (only losses at Cleveland and Boston). The Blazers bring five straight covers, at least for those who got 10.5 on Wednesday vs. the Celtics, into tonight. Play Blazers.

Toumani Camara has logged an average of 36 minutes over the last 20 games for the Trail Blazers. During that span, he averaged 13.2 points and shot 53.8% from the field. The Thunder are resting many of their key players for this game, so Camara should see plenty of minutes against their backups. The Thunder have played at the sixth-fastest pace in the league, so an up-tempo game against backups works in Camara’s favor. He has already faced the Thunder three times this season and he scored at least 13 points in each game. Take the over here.