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>Bulls (43-36) Leaders:</b><BR>L. Deng 16.6 ppg<br>J. Noah 11.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Heat (63-16) Leaders:</b><BR>L. James 26.8 ppg<br>L. James 8.0 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>Pacers (49-30) Leaders:</b><BR>P. George 17.5 ppg<br>R. Hibbert 8.3 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Knicks (52-27) Leaders:</b><BR>C. Anthony 28.7 ppg<br>T. Chandler 10.7 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>Cavaliers (24-55) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Irving 22.9 ppg<br>A. Varejao 14.4 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Sixers (32-47) Leaders:</b><BR>J. Holiday 18.0 ppg<br>T. Young 7.5 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>2:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Nets (47-32) Leaders:</b><BR>B. Lopez 19.5 ppg<br>R. Evans 11.0 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Raptors (31-48) Leaders:</b><BR>R. Gay 18.0 ppg<br>A. Johnson 7.6 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>Trail Blazers (33-46) Leaders:</b><BR>L. Aldridge 21.0 ppg<br>J. Hickson 10.5 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Nuggets (54-25) Leaders:</b><BR>T. Lawson 16.6 ppg<br>K. Faried 9.3 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>4:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Mavericks (39-40) Leaders:</b><BR>D. Nowitzki 17.1 ppg<br>S. Marion 7.9 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Hornets (27-53) Leaders:</b><BR>E. Gordon 17.1 ppg<br>A. Davis 8.2 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>5:00 pm<BR><b>(NBATV)</b></td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Kings (28-51) Leaders:</b><BR>D. Cousins 17.1 ppg<br>D. Cousins 9.9 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Rockets (44-35) Leaders:</b><BR>J. Harden 26.0 ppg<br>O. Asik 11.7 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>6:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle><b>Spurs (58-21) Leaders:</b><BR>T. Parker 20.7 ppg<br>T. Duncan 9.9 rpg</td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle><b>Lakers (43-37) Leaders:</b><BR>K. Bryant 27.3 ppg<br>D. Howard 12.3 rpg</td><td valign=middle align=center>8:30 pm<BR><b>(NBATV)</b></td></tr></table>
are the heat the only team the bulls can score well against or something? i wonder how much the heat will try to win this game. playing lebron and wade big minutes to try to win a meaningless game doesn't make much sense, but by winning they could help keep the bulls out of their bracket and set up a hawks/nets 4/5 matchup. but after the game that ended the streak the heat might want some revenge. plus those 2 offensive foul calls on lebron (the first was ridiculous, the second was pretty iffy because nate had just as much of lebron as he had of nate) seem to have made him mad so he might want to play a lot the 2nd half. probably not the best long-term thinking but i could see it playing out like that.
Hate to see that, but if he's out an extended amount of time, the Nuggets just got a whole lot more appealing.
the lakers look better with the inside game, probably need it since the spurs aren't a team i see getting reffed out of the game.
Damn, nice ball movement by the Lakers so far. Good use of the post players. Players seem more motivated on defense too.