The Portland Trail Blazers will try for their ninth straight win at home Thursday when they host the visiting Miami Heat at 10:30 pm ET.
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The Trail Blazers (19-15) have won eight straight at the Rose Garden and now seek their longest home winning streak since a 12-game run in the 2008-09 season.
Portland has won 11 of 14 overall after a 125-119 victory over Orlando on Monday night gave them a 5-0 record in overtime for the first time since 1986-87.
Meanwhile, Miami has been exposed on the boards, with a minus-9.2 rebounding margin in its last five games after getting outrebounded by 19 in an 87-77 loss at Indiana on Tuesday night.
Despite LeBron James averaging a career-high 8.3 rebounds, the Heat rank near the bottom of the NBA in rebounding (39.0 per game) and offensive boards (8.0). They're last among East teams in second-chance points allowed at 15.4 per game after being outscored 23-6 in that category Tuesday.
Miami is just 7-7 on the road but has won its last three trips to Portland.
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