Star angle @ Portland game

Question

Batum, Kaman and more importantly, the arguably best player on their roster:Aldridge is doubtful to play.
Now, we've all seen cases when the home team had a (or more) stars out but the rest of guys got so tough that they gave a really nice fight vs the opponent.
Also, the opponent elite team tends to not fire themselves up for a game where the team has their stars out. Now, with Warriors beginning a road trip and being on B2B anyway, with coach Kerr having resting palyers on his mind, im wondering where this game will go.

I lean pretty heavy on the over and at second hand Portland plus points.

Proxyi · Answer

Batum, Kaman and more importantly, the arguably best player on their roster:Aldridge is doubtful to play.
Now, we've all seen cases when the home team had a (or more) stars out but the rest of guys got so tough that they gave a really nice fight vs the opponent.
Also, the opponent elite team tends to not fire themselves up for a game where the team has their stars out. Now, with Warriors beginning a road trip and being on B2B anyway, with coach Kerr having resting palyers on his mind, im wondering where this game will go.

I lean pretty heavy on the over and at second hand Portland plus points.

bobmaloogatimesfive · Answer

I like Portland plus 7 a lot

jordanfreak7 · Answer

I doubt the Warriors rest, starters played 25-30 min last night, Thompson only played 17 min

Proxyi · Answer

the reason for resting is not the Warriors game, but Kerr openly said it few times, that he plans to rest players on the road trip, especially on B2B games, and now, HC advantage is almost sure thing

btw, for Thompson, i doubt he will get more than this so called 25 minute mark, hes not fully fit, and Kerr wont risk him, id bet my house on that

thorpe · Answer

Assuming Kerr doesn&#x27;t rest half of his team for the same game, the only two guys right now that would make a difference to the line would be Curry and Bogut.  If Speights or Iguodala rested, the rest of the bench would pick up the rest of the slack IMO.

BallingLikeNE · Answer

bob - do the refs in this game favor POR?

Proxyi · Answer

1st rested player info:Livingston lmao, im wondering for what he needs the rest

bobmaloogatimesfive · Answer

If anything the refs favor GSWhttps://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/nba/matchups/g5_referees_10.htmlBut I do like this spot for Portland...this would be a fun game to start on Blazers ML and hedge if giving the opp IMO

AnthonyStarks · Answer

Resting Livingston?  Maybe his knee hurts or Gris a little banged up.

gtrain · Answer

Who is the backup pg if livingston is out? lol I legitimately don&#x27;t know

serge82 · Answer

everyone knows portland is a 2nd half team...

with the rest the rest the starters got last night... why not take GSW 1st half @ only -3.5 !!!

They play flat yesterday 1st half... I doubt they do same today.

MOCKY444 · Answer

Kerr wants momentum going into the playoffs , he doesn&#x27;t want losses .. he made that pretty clear in a statement I read from him , also he will up Klay Thompsons mins tonight to get him back into rhythm and to stay hot .. they got a lot rest last night too. They clinch the division tonight (although already wrapped up) its still incentive to win and not have a letdown ,, also going for a franchise record 60 wins too. They have already played and beat a full Portland team in Portland this season and in that game Aldridge and Kaman combined for 20 rebounds .. neither will play tonight. Aldridge 23.5/10.4 .. Matthews 15.9 .. Batum 9.5/5.9 ... Kaman 6.6 . Who replaces these numbers for the Blazers tonight? Lillard is looking tired and weary and he will have the bulk of the scoring load on him tonight ... I see nothing but a comfortable GSW win here but that&#x27;s only my opinion , Good Luck whichever side your on and may the best team win.

begginerboy · Answer

Bob, have you backed the warriors once this year? This is getting absurd, buddy.

TreyInventor · Answer

Seriously Bob loves fading GS tho I noticed that too. He&#x27;s probably lost 95% of his bets against them lol

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