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:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(16-5) TORONTO<br><b>RAPTORS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(12-7) CLEVELAND<br><b>CAVALIERS</b></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>(16-4) PORTLAND<br><b>TRAIL BLAZERS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(3-18) DETROIT<br><b>PISTONS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>6:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(4-18) NEW YORK<br><b>KNICKS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(9-10) NEW ORLEANS<br><b>PELICANS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>7:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(16-6) DALLAS<br><b>MAVERICKS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(16-4) MEMPHIS<br><b>GRIZZLIES</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>7:00 pm<BR><b>(NBATV)</b></td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(11-11) MILWAUKEE<br><b>BUCKS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(7-13) OKLAHOMA CITY<br><b>THUNDER</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>7:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(15-5) SAN ANTONIO<br><b>SPURS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(5-16) UTAH<br><b>JAZZ</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>8:00 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(9-11) MIAMI<br><b>HEAT</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(12-10) PHOENIX<br><b>SUNS</b></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>(11-10) SACRAMENTO<br><b>KINGS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(5-16) LOS ANGELES<br><b>LAKERS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>9:30 pm<BR><b>(NBATV)</b></td></tr></table>
Go Bucks. I doubt Detroit or Utah do us any favors. Thankfully either the Mavs or Grizzlies has to lose tonight. That'll start happening more often as these Western conference top seeds begin playing each other and are no longer facing the dregs of the league.
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Fun night. Lots of intriguing matchups. -The two best teams in the East. -How bad are the Pelicans and Lakers? -Two good West teams in Dallas vs. Memphis, but I think Dallas could get blown out. -Suns vs Heat will show how far apart the conferences are.
Grizzles could lose 3 straight to division rivals (HOU, SAS, DAL). Southwest is just too unfair, especially since the best player in the NBA in the next two years is in the other SW team, Pelicans.