The Nets have adjusted to the new era of NBA basketball seamlessly. They seem to be without a star player nightly but have not skipped a beat. They’ve won four consecutive games to grab a hold of the top seed in the Eastern Conference. With a bit of a cushion over Philadelphia look for a lackluster effort tonight against Portland. Play Portland.

Second of a back-to-back for the Nets, who will sit Kevin Durant and Bruce Brown (underrated glue guy) but play Blake Griffin (often gets 2nd of B2B off) and Kyrie Irving (sat Thursday). The Blazers suddenly are playing like contenders with back-to-back blowout wins at Indiana and Memphis. Portland apparently has everyone available in the front end of a B2B.