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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Miami Heat
The Portland Trail Blazers and the Miami Heat will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at FTX Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Heat as -9-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 215.5.
Miami won its last outing, a 104-99 result against the Raptors on January 17. The Heat covered in that game as a -4-point favorite, while the 203 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
The Trail Blazers were a 98-88 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Magic. They covered the -2-point spread as favorites, while the total score (186) made winners of UNDER bettors.
Portland:
Team record: 18-25 SU,17-26 ATS
Portland is 5-15 ATS in its last 20 games on the road
Portland is 4-16 SU in its last 20 games on the road
Portland is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Miami
Miami:
Team record: 28-16 SU,26-18 ATS
Miami is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Miami is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Miami's last 10 games
Next up:
Portland at Boston Friday, January 21
Miami at Atlanta Friday, January 21