T.M. Selection: Portland Trail Blazers ML.

I like the Portland Trail Blazers to beat the LA Clippers in this game on Friday. The Trail Blazers won their last game against the Grizzlies after a brutal loss on the road against the Clippers in their game before that one. They had a nice bounce back against the Grizzlies beating them by 20 points, but I think this is the game that they are looking forward too. Their coach called their loss in LA embarrassing and with the way these Clippers are playing, who can blame him? That loss was very embarrassing and I expect the Trail Blazers to get their revenge here at home. Damian Lillard has not even been playing well and is off to a slow start this year. The team has been getting carried by CJ McCollum but I expect that Lillard is going to have a tremendous game very soon. I think he has a huge game here and along with the way McCollum is playing at the moment, they will be unstoppable and too much for the Clippers to handle. The Clippers are off to such a bad start that their only win was against Portland last Monday and they have also suffered losses to the Grizzlies and the Cavaliers in their first 4 games here. The Clippers are just bad right now and can't be trusted at all. I like the Trail Blazers ML to win this game here.

T.M. Prediction: 118-102 Trail Blazers.