Portland Trail Blazers vs Phoenix Suns Game 2 NBA Playoffs 2010 Picks & Predictions: After stunning the NBA world by taking Game 1 on the road, the (1-0) Portland Trail Blazers [+8] will look for a road sweep, as they take on the sports betting odds favorite (0-1) Phoenix Suns [-8] in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs 2010 Picks & Predictions. The Blazers and the Suns are scheduled to tip things off at 10:10 PM ET (7:10 PM PT) from US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ, and it’ll be broadcasted live on NBA TV.
For Portland, even without homecourt advantage and with no Brandon Roy, they were still able to go into the desert and pull off a game 1 upset. After the game, many of the Suns players admitted to perhaps overlooking this team a bit, something they will not do again, they say.
"We might not have taken them as seriously as we should have," Amar’e Stoudemire admitted after the 100-105 loss. "They did a phenomenal job defensively."
"We're definitely on notice now," Steve Nash agreed. "We have to play better." According to NBA Playoffs 2010 Picks & Predictions specialists at SPORTSBETTING.com, the OVER/UNDER between the Blazers and the Suns is set at a combined total of 204½ points.
But it seems that the Blazers have figured something out in their matchup against the Suns, while still holding an ace in the hole if you will. In Game 1, Portland appeared to have an answer for Stoudemire, while Phoenix didn’t know what to do with Andre Miller.
With Marcus Camby all over him, Stoudemire finished with 18 points on just 8-for-19 shooting and committed 4 turnovers. "Amar'e is as tough as they come," Portland head coach Nate McMillan said. "Camby made him work and didn't give him anything easy."
For the underdogs, Miller played like an All-Star, shooting and connecting on 10-of-17 from the floor for a whopping 31 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in the opener. "We had to drive the ball to the basket to get them in the penalty," Miller said. After the game, the 10-year veteran called the win "big, especially considering… they were probably the hottest team in the league."
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