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2018 NBA Rising Stars Challenge odds, picks for Team USA vs. World NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles tips off at 9 p.m. ET Friday with the Rising Stars Challenge, which pits the best American rookies and sophomores against their counterparts from the rest of the world. Team World is favored by four points. The over-under, or total number of points Vegas expects to be scored, is 296.5. Before you make any kind of pick on this high-flying matchup, you have to see what SportsLine NBA expert Galin Dragiev has to say. Known as "the Dragon" in handicapping circles, Dragiev has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics. He uses that analytical background every time he makes a pick. That's helped him to a blistering 27-13 run on his NBA picks heading into the All-Star break. Now he's set his sights on the Rising Stars Challenge and his strong plays are in. We can tell you that he likes the over because of the style of play and background of many of these pla

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THE NBA : Blazers Luring Maniacs All Over League In Portland, where cabbies ask, "Where to?" and then, "Have they ever heard of the Trail Blazers in (fill in name of your city)?" the Blazermaniacs have a real juggernaut on their hands. The Trail Blazers won their first 11 games and are 12-1. They went four games without ever being behind. They hit San Antonio with a 49-18 first quarter, making 22 of 25 shots, including five three-pointers. Former Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden and stunned Spur Coach Larry Brown both called it the best period of basketball they'd ever seen. Said Brown: "They could have beaten the all-decade team." The Blazers, 19th-best in field goal percentage last season, are running 1-2 with the Boston Celtics now. Danny Ainge, depressed to a 44% mark in Sacramento last season, is winging away at 60% and on his three-pointers is shooting 56%. Cliff Robinson, 40% last season while being introduced to the concept of shot se