The Portland Trail Blazers (29-9) have impressed the basketball world with a surprising start in this NBA regular season. They will be put to test—if they are indeed legit contenders—when they face quality West teams in a road trip beginning against the San Antonio Spurs (31-8) on Friday night.

The Blazers will bring a three-game winning streak to San Antonio, which is playing very well of late with a six-game winning run of their own to earn the league’s best win-loss mark

Still, Portland has had the Spurs number in recent meetings. They have won 12 of the last 16 match-ups with San Antonio, including a 115-105 victory on Nov 2 led y three players with 20 points or more.

LaMarcus Aldrdige had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocked shots, Damian Lillard had 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists and Wesley Matthews contributed 20 points. The Spurs allowed the Blazers to shoot over 55 per cent from the field in that game.

The Spurs are continuing to be led by their veteran crew. Tony Parker is having another stellar season with 18.1 PPG and 6.4 APG averages and Tim Duncan has 14.7 PPG and 9.7 RPG.

The French point guard top-scored for the Spurs’ last game with 25 points and added 9 assists but he struggled against Lillard, Matthews and company in their last meeting. He finished with 17 points but missed 13 of 20 shots and had 3 turnovers.

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Betting Lines: Portland Trail Blazers (+6) vs. San Antonio Spurs (O/U: 213.5)
 Game time: 11:30 am AEDT

Betting Against the Spread (ATS)

Portland Trail Blazers Trends
 - Trail Blazers are 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games
- Trail Blazers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games on the road
- Trail Blazers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games vs. West teams

San Antonio Spurs Trends
 - Spurs are 3-12 ATS in their last 15 games vs. Northwest division teams
- Spurs are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games vs. teams with winning records
- Spurs are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games after a win