All times are CENTRAL<BR><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5><tr style='color:#ffffff;background-color:#000099;font-size: 14px;font-family: Arial;text-shadow: 0 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,1);'><td colspan=2 align=center><b>Visitor</b></td><td colspan=2 align=center style='border-left:1px solid #9999FF;'><b>Home</b></td><td align=center><b><nobr> Time </nobr></b></td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Lakers (27-29) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Bryant 26.9 ppg<br>D. Howard 11.9 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Mavericks (25-29) Leaders:</b><BR>O. Mayo 17.6 ppg<br>S. Marion 8.1 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>12:00 pm<BR><b>(ABC)</b></td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Warriors (32-23) Leaders:</b><BR>S. Curry 21.1 ppg<br>D. Lee 11.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Timberwolves (20-32) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Love 18.3 ppg<br>K. Love 14.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>2:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Kings (19-37) Leaders:</b><BR>D. Cousins 17.4 ppg<br>D. Cousins 10.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Hornets (19-37) Leaders:</b><BR>E. Gordon 16.9 ppg<br>A. Aminu 7.6 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>5:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Cavaliers (18-37) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Irving 23.5 ppg<br>A. Varejao 14.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Heat (39-14) Leaders:</b><BR>L. James 27.0 ppg<br>L. James 8.2 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>5:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Grizzlies (36-18) Leaders:</b><BR>Z. Randolph 15.7 ppg<br>Z. Randolph 11.7 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Nets (33-23) Leaders:</b><BR>B. Lopez 18.9 ppg<br>R. Evans 9.2 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>6:00 pm<BR><b>(ESPN)</b></td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Sixers (22-31) Leaders:</b><BR>J. Holiday 19.0 ppg<br>T. Young 7.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Knicks (32-20) Leaders:</b><BR>C. Anthony 28.4 ppg<br>T. Chandler 11.1 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>6:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Spurs (44-13) Leaders:</b><BR>T. Parker 21.1 ppg<br>T. Duncan 9.7 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Suns (18-38) Leaders:</b><BR>G. Dragic 14.3 ppg<br>M. Gortat 8.5 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>7:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Celtics (29-26) Leaders:</b><BR>P. Pierce 18.3 ppg<br>K. Garnett 7.6 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Trail Blazers (25-30) Leaders:</b><BR>L. Aldridge 20.8 ppg<br>J. Hickson 10.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>8:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Bulls (32-23) Leaders:</b><BR>L. Deng 16.5 ppg<br>J. Noah 11.3 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Thunder (40-15) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Durant 28.9 ppg<br>S. Ibaka 7.8 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>8:30 pm<BR><b>(ESPN)</b></td></tr></table>
Don't you love how ABC is showing highlights of the Lakers and Mavs past glories to justify having 2 under .500 teams as the matchup of the week.
Lol, did the Mavs really get Anthony Morrow because he's a friend of Howard? Dallas, give it up. You have no shot at getting a superstar to sign there until you start to rebuild. You aren't selling anyone on 30+ year old Dirk and Dallas.
Lakers are playing very good defense tonight. Theyre fast on their rotations and have been scrappy. Hope the Mavs can steal this one from them.
I don't know. We caught Mayo when he was looking like a top 5 SG both times I think. Also it seems like the Mavericks always wake up for these games, including their scrubby players.
Like they have horrible offensive spacing, slow defensive rotations. It's just their rebounding/hustle keeping them in the game.
Earlier in the year it seemed like every 3rd game or so we would show up and look like a team full of scrubs.
Dallas. We want LA to miss the playoffs. Whether you want Howard or not, you still want more gloom and dysfunction in La La Land. Howard's decision this summer can set the Lakers back for YEARS.