The essentials:
Wizards (36-33) at Trailblazers (37-34)
10 p.m.
Rose Garden
CSN and NBATV
This year:
November 17: Wizards 109, Blazers 90.
Notable Blazers numbers this season
17th in expected winning percentage (.461).
29th in pace factor (86.9 possessions per game).
15th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (108.4).
18th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (109.6).
Key links
Blazers Edge.
The Inferno.
Blazers Blog.
Blazers Edge's remedial look at the Wizards.
This is a separate post, but hearing this account makes me angry. Also, it appears Gilbert is serious about the whole sixth man thing.
Nick's a game-time decision, and the Blazers are ready to play.
Game of the Night!
Coach of the Year? Let's chill a bit.
True Hoop blog preview.
The Inferno blog preview.
Starting lineups:
Blazers
PG: Steve Blake
SG: Brandon Roy
SF: Martell Webster
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge
C: Joel Pryzbilla
Wizards
PG: Antonio Daniels
SG: DeShawn Stevenson
SF: Caron Butler
PF: Antawn Jamison
C: Brendan Haywood
Tonight's lines:
Wizards at Blazers: Wizards by 3
Over/Under on points: 189 points.
Scroll down for more. It's Game One of gutcheck time for this team.
This is an open game thread, so remember Terry Porter, one of the all-time underrated greats of the league. He was Chauncey Billups before there was a Chauncey Billups.
Update [2008-3-25 22:19:18 by Pradamaster]: No LaMarcus Aldridge tonight for Portland. Travis Outlaw starts in his place.