Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the New Jersey Nets in a spirited round of five-on-five roundball. As the Blazers continue their descent down the super fun happy slide towards mediocrity—last night's heartbreaking 115-111 loss in Phoenix only expedited things—a visit from the lowly Nets just might be what the doctor ordered. (Finally, a doctor who orders something other than knee surgeries.)
The Nets only have ten wins on the season, have come up short in nine of their last ten games, own the second worst offense in the entire NBA, and are about a week away from being "It's not me, it's you" rejected by Carmelo Anthony (he's going to New York). Plus, Portland hasn't dropped three consecutive games in this building since 2008.
Will that streak end tonight? Will New Jersey's Travis Outlaw get his revenge on his former team? Will I be too distracted by the Packers and Falcons NFL playoff game to follow along? The answers to all these questions after the jump...