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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics will be trying to extend a winning streak on Sunday when they take on the Portland Trail Blazers at TD Garden.
Oddsmakers opened the Celtics as -17.5-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 219.5.
The Celtics were a 101-100 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Kings. They failed to cover the -9-point spread as favorites, while the total score (201) made winners of UNDER bettors.
Portland won its last outing, a 108-102 result against the Wizards on April 05. The Trail Blazers covered in that game as a +2.5-point underdog, while the 210 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Portland:
Team record: 21-56 SU,38-39 ATS
Portland is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Portland's last 6 games
Portland is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Boston:
Team record: 61-16 SU,40-34-3 ATS
Current Streak: won 4 straight games.
Boston is 16-7 ATS in its last 23 games
Boston is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Boston is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games
Next up:
Portland home to New Orleans Tuesday, April 9
Boston at Milwaukee Tuesday, April 9