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Blazers hope to get back on track in the Twin Cities vs. Wolves

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02/27/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers hope to salvage the finale of their current road trip in tonight's clash with the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Target Center.

Portland suffered losses to a pair of the Western Conference's top clubs in Houston and San Antonio during the first two tests of its three-game swing and has now dropped five in a row on the road. The Blazers are just 12-17 as the visiting team this season, compared to an excellent 23-5 mark on their home court.

Despite playing without Tim Duncan, the Spurs extended Portland's road woes with Wednesday's 99-84 victory at the AT&T Center. The Trail Blazers shot a woeful 37.6 percent from the field, with leading scorer Brandon Roy managing just 14 points while making 5-of-18 attempts.

Channing Frye led Portland with 15 points and added seven rebounds, while LaMarcus Aldridge and Travis Outlaw each scored 13 points in the loss.

The road-challenged Blazers figure to have a better chance to get back in the win column tonight, considering the Timberwolves are only 8-20 at the Target Center so far this season and are mired in a four-game overall losing streak.

Portland has also had great success when facing the T-Wolves as of late. The Trail Blazers have won the last six meetings between these teams, with three of those victories having taken place in Minnesota.

The Timberwolves' recent struggles continued with Wednesday's 120-103 setback to visiting Utah, the team's ninth defeat in its last 10 games. Minnesota has surrendered 110 points or more in each of its past six losses.

On the bright side, Kevin Love put together his most productive game of his brief career for the Timberwolves. The rookie forward, the fifth overall pick of the 2008 draft, scored a personal-best 24 points and tied a season high with 15 rebounds.

Ryan Gomes also netted 24 points for Minnesota, which received 21 points from Mike Miller as well on the evening.

However, the Bucks did rout the Mavs by a 133-99 score at the Bradley Center back on January 21, with Villanueva leading the way with 32 points and 10 rebounds.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.