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The Portland Trail Blazers head to Frost Bank Center on Sunday, April 19, for Game 1 of this Western Conference first-round series, with tipoff set for 9:00 PM ET on NBC. Portland grabbed the No. 7 seed after a 42-40 regular season and a play-in win over Phoenix, while San Antonio rolled to 62-20 and the No. 2 seed. That gap matters. So does the spot. The Blazers are coming off an emotional push just to get here, while the Spurs have been sitting, prepping, and getting healthier for several days. Portland does come in with real confidence. Deni Avdija exploded for 41 points and 12 assists in the play-in win, and the Blazers have looked sharper late in the

The Los Angeles Dodgers head into Sunday at Coors Field trying to avoid dropping another game in Denver after the Colorado Rockies stole Saturday’s matchup 4-3. First pitch comes with the usual Coors Field tension attached to it. The ballpark changes everything, the total is sitting at 11.5, and the market is making it very clear that this is still Los Angeles first, everyone else second. The Dodgers are a heavy -286 favorite, while Colorado comes back at +231. That number is huge, though, and that is what makes the handicap a little more interesting than it looks at first glance. The Dodgers are obviously the better team. No real debate there. But laying a price like this at Coors

San Diego right-hander Michael King will try to win his third consecutive start Sunday afternoon when the Padres face the Los Angeles Angels in the rubber game of their three-game series in Anaheim, Calif. King (2-1, 2.78 ERA), one of the key pieces in the seven-player deal that sent Juan Soto from the Padres to the New York Yankees in December 2023, is trying to bounce back from an injury-plagued 2025 campaign that saw him make just 15 starts and finish with a 5-3 record and 3.44 ERA. King, 30, has back-to-back six-inning, four-hit starts, allowing two runs in an 8-2 victory at Pittsburgh on April 8 and giving up one run in a 4-1 win over the Seattle Mariners

The Chicago White Sox head into Sunday trying to recover after a 7-6 loss on Saturday, while the Athletics get another home game at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento with the market slightly leaning their way. First pitch is set for April 19, 2026, and this one opens with a pretty clear price gap for a matchup that still feels more volatile than the number suggests. Oakland is sitting around -149 on the moneyline, while Chicago comes back at +124. That tells you the basic story. The Athletics are getting respect for the home field, the slightly cleaner current profile, and probably the idea that they have a bit more offensive stability right now. Still, when a White Sox