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>(46-32) TORONTO<br><b>RAPTORS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(25-53) ORLANDO<br><b>MAGIC</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>(35-43) INDIANA<br><b>PACERS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(30-48) 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>(38-40) MILWAUKEE<br><b>BUCKS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(15-63) NEW YORK<br><b>KNICKS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>6:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(36-42) BOSTON<br><b>CELTICS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(51-27) CLEVELAND<br><b>CAVALIERS</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>(33-45) CHARLOTTE<br><b>HORNETS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(59-19) ATLANTA<br><b>HAWKS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>6:30 pm</td></tr><tr style='color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size: 12px;font-family: Arial;'><td valign=middle></td><td valign=middle>(45-33) WASHINGTON<br><b>WIZARDS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(36-42) BROOKLYN<br><b>NETS</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>(39-40) PHOENIX<br><b>SUNS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(42-36) 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>(53-26) SAN ANTONIO<br><b>SPURS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(53-25) HOUSTON<br><b>ROCKETS</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>(27-51) SACRAMENTO<br><b>KINGS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(42-36) 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>(53-25) MEMPHIS<br><b>GRIZZLIES</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(36-42) 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>(47-31) DALLAS<br><b>MAVERICKS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(29-49) DENVER<br><b>NUGGETS</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>(16-62) MINNESOTA<br><b>TIMBERWOLVES</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(20-58) LOS ANGELES<br><b>LAKERS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>9:30 pm<BR><b>(NBATV)</b></td></tr></table>
Go Celtics, Hawks, Nets, Rockets, and Jazz. Not sure who to root for in the Thunder and Pelicans games. All I know is I want OKC to need to win their game at home against Portland next week and New Orleans to need to win their finale at home against San Antonio(just in case the Rockets flame out again tonight).
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jrue Holiday (stress reaction – lower right leg) has been upgraded to QUESTIONABLE. He will be a game time decision tonight against PHX.</p>— Pelicans PR (@PelicansPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/PelicansPR/status/586579458275971072">April 10, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The Pelicans’ MVP campaign for Anthony Davis features this scary doll (via <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman">@NYPost_Berman</a>) <a href="http://t.co/A5tUX8nWbd">http://t.co/A5tUX8nWbd</a> <a href="http://t.co/oJN7qjBxIj">pic.twitter.com/oJN7qjBxIj</a></p>— SB Nation NBA (@SBNationNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNationNBA/status/586598330639192064">April 10, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Where are Zach Lowe and Ethan Strauss on this? How come we haven't gotten any tweets about their moral indignation over a team trying to push their guy for MVP? Hypocrites.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Lowry returns tonight. He'll start.</p>— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) <a href="https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/586645817479589889">April 10, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jrue Holiday will play tonight</p>— John Reid (@JohnReid64) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnReid64/status/586655807363620864">April 10, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Obviously not a foul. Embarrassing listening to Worrell say he got "hammered". Harden shouldn't drive for the last shot. He should know by now he's not going to get any whistles that can go either way. Take a step back jumper: AKA your best and most efficient move.
And I disagree with that. The Spurs invited Harden to drive all day, only to collapse on him at the rim. That was their game plan and it worked all game (both of the games actually). The Memphis game was a blatant hack that obviously should have been called. This? Not even remotely the same case.
Honestly, if Houston wasn't already awarded som many FTs (out of Pop's hacking strategy), the refs might just be tempted to call it a foul. Psychology play a part in this sequence, perhaps one of the reason why Pop employed that wacky strategy in the first place.