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>(26-44) NEW ORLEANS<br><b>PELICANS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(37-33) INDIANA<br><b>PACERS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>6:00 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>(36-34) CHICAGO<br><b>BULLS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(29-43) NEW YORK<br><b>KNICKS</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>(51-20) CLEVELAND<br><b>CAVALIERS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(19-51) BROOKLYN<br><b>NETS</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>(35-36) UTAH<br><b>JAZZ</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(49-22) OKLAHOMA CITY<br><b>THUNDER</b></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>(37-35) PORTLAND<br><b>TRAIL BLAZERS</b></td><td valign=middle style='border-left:1px solid #cccccc;'></td><td valign=middle>(43-27) LOS ANGELES<br><b>CLIPPERS</b></td><td valign=middle align=center>9:30 pm</td></tr></table>
Portland announcer just called the Rockets the "X Factor": "They can beat the best, they can lose to the worst. You don't know what they're gonna do." yep.
I guess nobody has told Plumlee that you foul A 44% free throw shooter when he backs you down, instead of giving him a rather easy two points.... Twice now.
I was convinced that the Blazers had this when they were up like 8 with like a minute left but the Clippers clamped down on D like good teams do and gave themselves a chance.