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According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, the NBA has officially postponed tonight's game between the Portland Trail Blazers and New Jersey Nets. The New York area is expect a historic snow storm that is expected to effectively shut down most of the region. Most flights are being cancelled as well.
With impending blizzard, NBA has postponed the Portland-Brooklyn game tonight, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. New date not yet scheduled.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) January 26, 2015
The NBA later announced the make-up date will be Monday, April 6, near the end of the season. The Blazers previously had a break from April 4-8. The official press release:
The National Basketball Association games scheduled for this evening in the New York area have been postponed due to the expected severe weather conditions.
The Sacramento Kings at New York Knicks game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at Madison Square Garden. The Portland Trail Blazers at Brooklyn Nets game has been rescheduled for Monday, April 6 at 7 p.m. at Barclays Center.
As noted in the online reaction below, Grantland's Zach Lowe laments his missed chance at confronting notorious mascot attacker, Robin Lopez.
Gonna be pissed if Blazers-Nets is off. Had planned to confront @rolopez42 on his chronic mascot abuse. He must be publicly shamed.
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) January 26, 2015
Based on Portland's schedule, they will likely have to make a cross-country trip to play the Nets later in the season.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) January 26, 201