The Portland Trail Blazers have proven they're one of the NBA's best teams at home. They'd like to show they can be as successful on the road.

Portland looks for its fifth win in six games and continues its season-long seven-game road trip on Monday when it faces the New Jersey Nets.

The Trail Blazers (22-14) are 17-3 at the Rose Garden - including 12 straight wins - but are just 5-11 on the road. They'll have plenty of opportunities to improve that record over the next 10 days, with six more games away from home.

Portland had won four straight prior to opening its road trip with a 116-109 double-overtime loss at Toronto on Sunday.

"This is a very disappointing loss," said Brandon Roy, who had a career-high 33 points. "But we have to be professional and get ourselves mentally ready for our game (in New Jersey). It is a short turnaround."

Roy wasn't even expected to play against the Raptors after injuring his right knee on Wednesday in the Blazers' 109-91 win against Golden State. He was already suffering from a sore tailbone problem stemming from a play in Portland's win at Chicago on Jan. 3, and played just 39 minutes over the team's next two games.

Roy has emerged as one of the league's most talented all-around players as the Blazers have won 17 of their last 19 games. He averaged 22.7 points, 6.6 assists and 5.5 rebounds as Portland won 15 of 16 prior to his initial injury against the Bulls.

Though they've won five of their last seven away from home after losing their first nine, the Blazers are keeping things in perspective.

"We can't think of all the stuff we have done," forward Channing Frye said. "(New Jersey) is a huge game for us. We need to start winning on the road."

The Nets handed the Blazers one of their three home losses, winning 106-101 on Nov. 21 as Jason Kidd had 12 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds - one of his 10 triple-doubles this season. Roy scored 25 for Portland.

New Jersey (18-18) has dropped two of its past three following a season-high five-game winning streak. The Nets' most recent loss was a tough one to take - they led the NBA-best Celtics by five after three quarters, but scored just nine points in the fourth and lost 86-77.

"We kept it close and we had a chance of winning,'' said Vince Carter, who had 16 points on 7-of-20 shooting. "We've got to get it done against the good teams. There are no excuses."

Carter is averaging 21.4 points this season - down from 25.2 in 2006-07 - and his scoring has fallen further over his last three games. He's averaging 17.0 points on 40 percent shooting, and has only gotten to the free-throw line three times in his last two contests.

Richard Jefferson has emerged as the Nets' main offensive option this season. He's averaging a career-high 24.4 points, ranking him among the league's top 10 scorers.

Jefferson is averaging 22.2 points and 7.0 rebounds in his last five games against Portland, including a 30-point effort in the Nets' win on Nov. 21.

Despite Jefferson's scoring, New Jersey averages just 93.3 points - fewest in the Eastern Conference.

The Nets have won two of the last three meetings with the Blazers in New Jersey despite averaging 70.0 points in those games.