These kinds of games are going to be happening to almost every team this year. I know I got into a pretty long drawn out argument with a few people about how much impact the schedule would have on teams -- effectively pushing everybody's (or at least most teams') record toward .500 because exhaustion would start to blunt the effectiveness of good teams and the direct beneficiary is more bad teams that are able to sneak in some wins they probably wouldn't otherwise win. All I saw the other night was an emotionally spent team with no legs and another team that looked fresh. There's almost nothing to learn about the Suns or the Blazers' long-term prospects based on that game.
