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A young team got the Portland Trail Blazers back into the postseason for the first time since 2003, ending the longest playoff drought in the NBA. (AP Images)

Even better for the Blazers, they earned home-court advantage on the final night of the season when the Houston Rockets lost at Dallas, falling from a chance at the No. 2 seed.

This is bad news for the Rockets and their backers since Portland is 34-7 (45-36 ATS) at home, one of the league’s best records.

Houston won its two home games but had no chance for the season sweep after falling 101-99 in overtime in November in Portland on Brandon Roy’s 3-pointer as time expired. The Rockets limited the Trail Blazers to 91 points per game in the other two meetings.

Can Ron Artest and Shane Battier stop Roy, who scored 17 in Portland’s victory and averaged 23 in the two games at Houston? For the best NBA lines head over to the Bodog online sportsbook.