The Portland Trail Blazers come into Toyota Center to take on the red-hot Houston Rockets.
This will the first time the Blazers and Rockets meet after Portland guard Brandon Roy's buzzer beater that gave the Blazers the 101-99 win in Portland Nov. 6, 2008.
The Rockets (35-21) are right on the heels of the Blazers (35-20), who hold the fourth seed in the West.
Houston's riding a seven-game home winning streak into Toyota Center, while the Blazers have lost its last three road games.
The key match-up should come to no surprise. Rockets guard/forward Ron Artest and forward Shane Battier will have the opportunity to give Roy fits.
Watch out for Rockets guard Brent Barry. Barry should see some more playing time because the Blazers point guards aren't the quickest in the NBA. He was out here shooting around and the man was connecting on almost every shot. Barry hit 19 shots in a row before rimming out the twentieth shot.
Injury plagued Blazers center Greg Oden is not expected to play, so the first Yao/Oden match-up will have to wait some more.
Should be an exciting game. The Rockets should come out strong.
One weird and strange note. The Blazers hired a sleep psychologist this season. They do everything on Pacific time. They wake up, eat, practice Pacific time. Maybe that's why Portland's record is 12-15 on the road.
But then again Houston's road record is 13-15.
Will update after each quarter and stay tuned for post-game audio.
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