T.M. Selection: Thunder/Trail Blazers OVER.

I am on the over in the Oklahoma City Thunder vs Portland Trail Blazers game on Friday. The Thunder have been involved in some high scoring games lately. Both teams have put up 100+ points in 3 of their previous 4 games and I think that will happen again in this game. The only game that didn't happen in during that time was in a game against the Trail Blazers from less than a week ago where neither team put up 100+ points in the game. I think that will be different here though and I expect the Trail Blazers to give a better effort in this game. They were blown out by almost 20 points in that game and I think they will respond much better on their home court here. The Thunder have looked a lot better in their games lately though and they have been putting up 110+ points in 3 of their previous 4 games. They have also won 2 games in a row and will have a lot of confidence with their shooting in this game. The Trail Blazers have been terrible on the road this year but they have looked a lot better on their home court and I expect them to put up a lot more points in this game. The Blazers have played in 2 games in a row now where neither team put up 100+ points in the game. Before those 2 games, they had played in 6 games in a row where both teams scored 100+ points in the game and I expect this game to be more like those. I think the Thunder are going to be confident shooters in this game and not play defense as well on the road here and I think the Trail Blazers are going to put their focus on scoring here since they are on their home court and barely put up 80+ points in their last meeting. I think the Blazers will be out for revenge here and I expect the score to get driven up in a game where neither side is focused on defense. I like the over in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 124-118 Trail Blazers.