T.M. Selection: Portland Trail Blazers.

I like the Portland Trail Blazers to cover the spread against the Utah Jazz in this game on Monday. The Trail Blazers have lost 2 games in a row which ended a great run that they were on but I think that they are due for a bounce back or at least a better performance in this game after a bad one in their previous game. They just got destroyed by 15 points against the warriors but they are playing on another level at the moment and it's hard to stop what they've been doing lately. Their game previous to that one was a 5 point loss to the Kings and they had won 4 in a row before that so they are playing well at the moment and just hit a bit of a snag in their previous 2 games. The Jazz have not been playing well in their games lately. They have only won 2 of their previous 4 games and those 2 losses were against the Grizzlies and the Pelicans, both losses by 1 point to bad teams, and both games were at home for them too. I think the Jazz aren't playing great at the moment and this is a good time to be facing them. The Trail Blazers have been playing much better than their start to the year and they are only going to keep getting better the more they keep playing as the year goes on. I like the Trail Blazers to cover the spread in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 111-108 Jazz.