The Portland Trail Blazers have two challenges facing them on Friday that they haven’t had previously this season. First, they’ll have to play without their superstar Damian Lillard, expected to be out at least one or two weeks with a relatively mild calf injury. Second, they need to bounce back from a loss after finding themselves on the wrong side of a 119-98 score against the Miami Heat on Wednesday.
The Houston Rockets got off the schneid on Monday when they defeated the Utah Jazz for their only win of the season. The winning feeling didn’t last though as they lost in their last outing to the same Jazz team on Wednesday by a score of 109-101.