A nice little preview from BDL. I have to say I am a little disappointed that the dream shake seems to have little respect for the blazers. I thought Ben's analysis was more even handed and recognized the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams, while the dream shake seems to think this is an unloseable matchup.

I'll end with a question that this brought up for me, If the Rockets matchup so well with the Blazers due to the their great perimeter defense and the fact that Ming plays best against traditional centers, then why dont they matchup well against the Lakers? I think the answer lies in the fact that they have beaten the Blazers, but not the Lakers, and not necessarily that they do not match up well. Any thoughts on this?