In their recent episode covering win total over/unders for the western conference, Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux of the Dunc’d On Podcast (subscription required) both picked the over on the Portland Trail Blazers, and both expect Portland to have a top-10 defense. The Blazers’ win total is set at 34.5 wins by Caesars Sportsbook (conversation starts at 1:09:53):

Nate: I think your case for the over is that these guys would be awesome on defense and I think Donovan Clingan is someone who really can make a difference there as a rim protector, and they’re just not going to have many if any weak links that they’re playing. Toumani Camara is an All-Defense level player. Jerami Grant still, even though he had a down year and couldn’t make a two-pointer, he still is someone you respect from the ou

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