At this point, I think I'd rather play Houston than the LA Clippers. I'd rather deal with Dwight and Harden than CP3 and Blake right now ... I guess
Here is a stat for you. Portland has the best Divisional record of all playoff teams (including the 9th seed), and the WORST Conference record of same 9 teams. The only team that has a higher DR is Miami, only based on the loss column. Here is the kicker. Portland has the 2ND WORST(only to Brooklyn) conference record of ALL playoff teams... east and west. Just a few observations.
Thursday March 20th, 2014 Games To Watch (Games Updated Throughout Comments)- Portland vs. Washington Root For: Trail Blazers Reason: Need some momentum heading into our last road trip of the season. Oklahoma City @ Cleveland Root For: Cavaliers Reason: Need the Spurs to stay in the 1 spot so any Thunder loss helps Houston vs. Minnesota Root For: Timberwolves Reason: There is still time left to regain Home Court Advantage, but we're at the point where we need Houston to stumble against teams they normally wouldn't Golden State vs. Milwaukee Root For: Bucks Reason: The gap between Portland and Golden State is closing. Like Houston, Portland will need the Warriors to have a few hiccups down the stretch if they are to maintain the No. 5 seed.
Friday March 21st, 2014 Games To Watch (Games Updated Throughout Comments)- Oklahoma City @ Toronto Root For: Raptors Reason: Would love for the Thunder to fall down to the No. 3 seed. They'd be a helluva draw, but it would be an intense First Round series if we dropped to No. 6 Memphis @ Miami Root For: Heat Reason: We're still only three games up on the Grizz in the loss column for 7th and they've got the tiebreaker on us and there's still another game between both squads. Dallas Vs. Denver Root For: Nuggets Reason: A Dallas loss would give the Trail Blazers a five-game cushion in the loss column for the 8th seed with just 13 games remaining. Phoenix vs. Detroit Root For: Pistons Reason: A Pistons win drops the Trail Blazers' Magic Number down to 8 San Antonio @ Sacramento Root For: Spurs Reason: San Antonio as the West's No. 1 seed works on a lot of levels for the Trail Blazers
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 Games To Watch (Games Updated Throughout Comments)- Portland @ Charlotte Root For: Trail Blazers Reason: NEED to get game No. 1 of this five-game road trip. In my opinion, it's the most important game of any road trip. Houston @ Cleveland Root For: Cavaliers Reason: Without the tiebreaker, the Trail Blazers are three games back of the Rockers with only 13 games remaining. Any chance of Home Court Advantage hinges on Houston getting upset a couple of times. Memphis vs. Indiana Root For: Pacers Reason: Trail Blazers are four games up on the Grizzlies with 13 to go. A Portland win/Memphis loss pushes that lead to five games with 12 remaining, which would pretty much assure that the Blazers won't get passed by the Grizzlies. Golden State vs. San Antonio Root For: Spurs Reason: We're only two up on the Warriors in the loss column for the No. 5 seed. If you still have hope for HCA, root for San Antonio. There's also a chance the Rockets catch the Clippers for No. 3, so we'd want to stay at No. 5 in that scenario. Los Angeles Clippers vs. Detroit Root For: Pistons Reason: It's still too early to think of playoff positioning, but a couple Clipper losses could have them sitting at No. 4.
Well, San antonio helped us, Looks like they are going to beat GS... Memphis beat Indiana though... meh.
