Portland has really struggled of late especially on the offensive end and it has impacted their performance. The Blazers played so well earlier in the season and now they are starting to come back to earth while the Wizards are trending in the opposite direction fresh off a victory over the Thunder. Normally I would fade a team off such a big win, but tonight the Wizards will try to get over .500 for the first time in I believe 4 years. They have the Spurs up next so this is clearly their best shot against a Portland team that has to play an early game on West Coast time. This is a difficult situation having to play their first road game of the trip on the East Coast.
I expect the Wizards to come out and play defense while the Blazers will continue their struggles 26.8% from 3 over their last 5 games overall. Meanwhile John Wall has started to take over and I think he has another big game tonight as he was 19-33 from the field in his two contests a year ago against the Blazers.
