Injury riddled teams square off at the Rose Garden

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Professional sports handicapper Jeff Mattingly previews a Monday night match-up between the Milwaukee Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden

At the time of this writing, the following Match Odds/Moneyline were available: Milwaukee Bucks (2.56, +156) and Portland Trail Blazers (1.62, -161)

Milwaukee is last in the NBA in scoring and it's likely not going to improve with starting point guard Brandon Jennings expected to miss his first career start. The Bucks are averaging 91.6 points per game overall this season, but just 89.1 against Western Conference opponents, leading to a 3-10 record against them. Tonight's will also be the opener of the team's league-high 23 back-to-backs this season. Milwaukee has posted a 2-4 record in the first game and 4-2 mark in the second game thus far during the 2010-11 campaign. The squad is 10-14 ATS on the season and 0-6 ATS versus Northwest Division opponents.

The Bucks have held their last seven opponents under 100 points and have gone 4-3 in that span. Six of those seven foes were held under their season average in scoring going into the game. Milwaukee is sixth in the league by holding 19 of its opponents under 100 points, which is 76 percent of its games compared to 57.3 last year. The team is 1-2 in a stretch of playing five of six contests away from home. Over the last seven games, the Bucks' bench has garnered a 214-177 scoring advantage over opponents.

Portland is looking to win its third consecutive game and is likely to have a make-shift starting lineup in tonight's contest. All-Star guard Brandon Roy is likely to miss a third straight contest with knee problems, while Nicolas Batum, Marcus Camby and Joel Przybilla are all questionable. The Blazers still managed to capture a 96-95 win over Golden State despite all the injuries. "Being short-handed, it was tough," said Dante Cunningham. "We definitely needed everybody." The team is 9-3 at home this season and is an undefeated 5-0 in December, winning those games by an average of 7.2 points. Portland is 12-13 ATS on the season.

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