Preview: Cavs vs. Blazers

By Josh Sperber

Edited By Robert Kivell

This Wednesday night matchup could be a big one.  The Cleveland Cavaliers are currently sitting atop the Eastern Conference, while the Portland Trailblazers just missed the playoffs last year and are looking to prove themselves with Oden finally healthy. The weak spots of both teams almost perfectly counter each other.  The Cavs have LeBron James, arguably the best player in the league, but the Blazers have their own stars in Brandon Roy, Greg Oden and Rudy Fernandez.  The Cavs are on the road, where they have lost all 8 of their games while the Blazers have a solid home record at 15-4.  The Cavs have betters stats on offense and in rebounding than the Blazers, who have a statistically better defense.  LeBron is coming off of a bad night, 23 points on 9-for-25 shooting, while Oden is coming off a career-best night, with career-highs of 24 points and 15 rebounds, but the Cavs played the Lakers while Portland played the Bucks.  So far, the Cavs lead the season-series 2-0, with a win on each team's homecourt.  I predict the Cavs will win this game by 6.