Philadelphia 76ers vs Portland Trail Blazers
10:00 PM ET, March 19, 2011
Rose Garden, Portland, OR
The Portland Trail Blazers' road to a playoff berth is about to get a lot tougher. The Philadelphia 76ers have their own playoff race to worry about.
The Trail Blazers and 76ers are both looking to improve their playoff positioning in their respective races when they meet at the Rose Garden on Saturday night.
Portland (39-29) is sixth in the Western Conference standings, 1 1/2 games behind Denver for fifth place and 3 1/2 ahead of ninth-place Utah.
The Trail Blazers have improved their postseason cause by winning six of eight, with three of the victories coming against teams with records under .500.
They capitalized on another struggling opponent, routing Cleveland 111-70 on Thursday. The victory was the most one-sided for Portland in over three years, and afforded the club a chance to rest its starters for much of the second half.
"That was a really, really good game for us," guard Brandon Roy said. "We've got a lot of battles coming up and we needed a good game like that to come out and dominate early, and not have to fight so hard in the fourth quarter of the game."
The Trail Blazers and 76ers are both looking to improve their playoff positioning in their respective races when they meet at the Rose Garden on Saturday night.
Portland (39-29) is sixth in the Western Conference standings, 1 1/2 games behind Denver for fifth place and 3 1/2 ahead of ninth-place Utah.
The Trail Blazers have improved their postseason cause by winning six of eight, with three of the victories coming against teams with records under .500.
They capitalized on another struggling opponent, routing Cleveland 111-70 on Thursday. The victory was the most one-sided for Portland in over three years, and afforded the club a chance to rest its starters for much of the second half.
"That was a really, really good game for us," guard Brandon Roy said. "We've got a lot of battles coming up and we needed a good game like that to come out and dominate early, and not have to fight so hard in the fourth quarter of the game."
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