Blazers, Clippers open second half in Rose City
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02/16/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers hope to have All-Star Brandon
Roy in the lineup when they get back to work against the Los Angeles Clippers
tonight at the Rose Garden.
Roy, the Trail Blazers' leading scorer at 23.1 points per game, has missed the
team's last 12 games as well as the All-Star Game since re-injuring his
hamstring in a 98-90 win at Philadelphia on Jan. 20.
Prior to a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 6, the team announced Roy
would miss the final three games before the break in addition to the All-Star
game but general manager Kevin Pritchard sounded hopeful Roy would return soon
afterwards.
"We're hopeful that this extended rest will put Brandon in the best possible
position to return to the lineup shortly after the All-Star break," Pritchard
said at the time.
The Blazers are just 5-7 since losing Roy but are holding on to the eighth
and final playoff spot in the Western Conference and entered the break on a
positive note when Steve Blake recorded season-highs of 20 points and 12
assists last Wednesday, as Portland held off a late Phoenix rally to hand the
Suns a 108-101 defeat at US Airways Center.
LaMarcus Aldridge had a team-high 22 points and Andre Miller checked in with
20 points, seven rebounds and five assists, helping Portland snap a two-game
skid and run its winning streak against Phoenix to four games.
The Clippers, meanwhile, are still searching for their first win since
interim coach Kim Hughes took over the team after Mike Dunleavy stepped down.
Rookie Stephen Curry picked up the slack in the absence of leading scorer
Monta Ellis, notching his first ever triple-double with 36 points, 13 assists
and 10 rebounds last Wednesday, as Golden State routed Los Angeles, 132-102,
to halt a nine-game losing streak.
Al Thornton had 18 points, while Rasual Butler and Eric Gordon each scored 16
for the Clippers, who have dropped four straight and eight of their last nine
games overall.
Clippers All-Star center Chris Kaman, averaging a career-high 20.0 points and
8.9 rebounds, made his All-Star debut on Sunday, scoring four points with
three rebounds as the injury replacement for Roy.
LA snapped a four-game skid to Portland with a 105-95 win at Staples Center on
Jan. 4.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Lakers hope to have superstar Kobe Bryant
back in the lineup tonight as they return from the All-Star break by hosting
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Memphis Grizzlies are not far off in the race for a
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champion Nate Robinson hopes to lead his team to a road victory tonight
against the Chicago Bulls in the opener of a home-and-home series from the
United Center.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Timberwolves will try to avoid losing a third
straight game this evening when they visit the Pistons and The Palace to face
a Detroit club that will try to reverse some recent struggles at home.
The Timberwol
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Jazz hit the road to Houston >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Deron Williams and the Utah Jazz kick off a four-game road
trip tonight in south Texas against a Houston Rockets team on the outside
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The Jazz won nine of 10 game
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Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Outfielder Cody Ross won his arbitration case
with the Florida Marlins and will earn $4.45 million this coming season.
Florida, which was offering Ross $4.2 million, had not lost an arbitration
hearing
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Sunderland, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has
allayed fears that teenager Jordan Henderson will be sidelined for the rest of
the season.
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