Blazers try to extend home win streak vs. Clippers

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02/22/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers will shoot for their eighth straight home win tonight when they close out a three-game residency versus the Los Angeles Clippers from the Rose Garden.

Portland has won the first two tests of the homestand and improved to 22-5 as the host following Friday's 108-98 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Star guard Brandon Roy finished with 27 points, seven rebounds and five assists in leading the Blazers to victory.

LaMarcus Aldridge added 24 points and 11 rebounds for Portland, which has won four of its last five overall contests and got 19 points off the bench from Rudy Fernandez. The Trail Blazers are currently 2 1/2 games behind Denver for the top spot in the Northwest standings.

Center Greg Oden missed Friday's game with a chip fracture in his left patella and is questionable versus the Clippers.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles has dropped two in a row and three of its last four games, including Wednesday's 142-119 decision to the Phoenix Suns in the back end of a home-and-home series at Staples Center.

Al Thornton scored a team-high 33 points for the Clippers, who were without Zach Randolph. Randolph was suspended for two games after punching Phoenix' Louis Amundson on Tuesday. Eric Gordon had 23 points and Baron Davis contributed 14 in defeat.

Davis (leg) and Thornton (foot) are probable for Sunday's game and center Marcus Camby is listed as questionable against Portland because of an inner ear infection. The Clippers are 7-21 as the guest in 2008-09.

The 2008-09 season series between LA and Portland is tied at a game apiece, while the Clippers have won eight of the last 13 meetings between the clubs. The Clips, however, have lost 14 of 18 and 26 of their last 31 trips to the Rose City.

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