The Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Rose Garden.
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 2½-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Lakers rolled over the Timberwolves 110-90 at the STAPLES Center Friday night.
Los Angeles covered as a 15.5-point home favorite while the final score played under the 216-poin total.
The heavily favored Trail Blazers scored a last second basket to seal a close 95-93 win over the Timberwolves on Saturday. The Trail Blazers could not cover the 14-point spread, and the 188 points fell UNDER the posted total of 200.
Brandon Roy went for a game-high 31 points with four rebounds and six assists.
Current streak:
Los Angeles has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
Los Angeles: 50-12 SU, 31-30-1 ATS
Portland: 39-23 SU, 31-31 ATS
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 4-6
After playing Minnesota are 7-3
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n
Portland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Dallas are 5-5
After playing Minnesota are 4-6
After a win are 6-4
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 6 games
LA Lakers are 15-3 SU in their last 18 games
LA Lakers are 14-4 SU in their last 18 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of the LA Lakers last 11 games when playing on the road against Portland
Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Portland is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
Portland is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
Portland is 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games when playing LA Lakers
Next up:
LA Lakers at Houston, Wednesday, March 11
Portland home to Dallas, Wednesday, March 11<\/p>\n