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Portland shut down Damian Lillard for the season, have sat Jusuf Nurkic for over a month with plantar fasciitis, and sat Anfernee Simons and Eric Bledsoe against the Spurs in a must-lose for the Blazers. They lost, 133-96 in front of their fans at the Moda Center (a nice building that I visited last weekend for Second Round action of the NCAA Tou luka doncic jersey blue rnament).
The Houston Rockets come into town with a tanking circu luka doncic jersey NBA Eastern Conference Champs baby s of their own. With the deck stacked in their favor, Houston still found a way to get blown out by the Dallas Mavericks. That task will be much more difficult tonight, as DraftKings actually has the Rockets as 3.5-point favorites tonight with the moneyline at -165. Basically, it would take a miracle for the Rockets to lose and stay two games ahead of Orlando and Detroit.
But this is March. And Madness happens all the time in March.
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