A Northwest Division battle is on tap between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder at 10 p.m. ET on Friday at the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter. Portland is 21-31 overall and 14-13 at home, while Oklahoma City is 16-34 overall and 7-18 on the road. Rip City is ranked fourth in the Northwest Division; the Thunder are ranked fifth. 

Portland is favored by 8 points in the latest Trail Blazers vs. Thunder odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under is set at 214. Before you make any Thunder vs. Trail Blazers picks and predictions, you'll want to see what the SportsLine Projection Model is saying.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past three-plus seasons. The model enters Week 16 of the 2021-22 NBA season on a stunning 62-32 roll on all top-rated NBA picks, returning over $2,500. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.

Now, it has simulated Trail Blazers vs. Thunder 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 60 percent of simulations. You absolutely need to see it before locking in your own picks.

So who wins Trail Blazers vs. Thunder? And which side of the spread is a must-back? Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the spread you need to jump on, all from the computer model that has crushed its NBA picks.