Houston Rockets is showing also a good performance last year and they are deadly.

You know what is the problem? It's James Harden itself. Remember that Harden was one of the closest rival of Russell Westbrook for Season MVP last season and also acquired great numbers of triple double back then. But during the important turnaround game against the San Antonio Spurs last playoffs, Harden "literally choked" like what he did on his first final appearance in OKC. It's ok to loss but with that performance of him, they didn't gave a challenge.

Just hope that he will not be like that this year as they have a high chance to matched Golden State Warriors on acquiring the West champion title.

Well, Cavs is not that consistent like before they had good game but most of the time they hava a bad game. Team's chemistry must be fixed as soon as possible. Though Cavs vs detroit, I was amazed by how Nance Jr. Showcase his talent in this match. He's now improving having 22 pts and 15 rebounds with a couple of assists. The addition of the new players like Hill, JC, Nance, is lifting the spirit of Cavs. To be honest, Cavs could easily pass Denver if and only if they will improve their on court communication.

This is too true as it happened last year. They made it to the playoffs but then seemed to spend all their energy and didn't have anything more left in the gas tank to get it done once in there.
Same thing I notice with the San Antonio Spurs.
Always makes it to the ball but then can not execute once there.
Same thing every season.

Playoffs is a season where everyone will be tested, upset do happen so nothing can really be sure in playoffs.
They really need Butler back badly as they are not doing well without his presence, since the injury does not make him out of the season, there
is a chance that he will be back the soonest he can restore his health.

We can see that they are inconsistent for this season and I don't know if all of us assumed that it will be a good additional for them with Dwayne Wade as it is one of the best play maker and he's been with Lebron before. Chemistry or team play, they need to advance and add some flavor to their game play. If they will not do something that will uplift their standings it will be the end for this playoffs.

Is there any info when Jimmy Butler will be back? It would be pity if he missed playoff now when Minesota started to look pretty good. Tomorrow they have interesting match against the Celtics. Too bad Butler will not play there, it would be hard to predict winner if he was. In this situation I would give mild role of favourite to Boston.

Houston Rockets still on their winning streak with their 17th straight win against the streak killers the Milwaukee Bucks.
And I really thought the bucks were going to beat them since they were at home and they were the same team that killed off the Golden State Warriors winning streak last season at 24-0.
If any team were to end their run it was them.

I was watching the Indiana Pacers and they just got their asses handed to them with a 20 point loss at home. And the Utah Jazz have won their 9th straight road win.
That is another record that is very tough to achieve in the NBA league. But they managed to pull it off against a Pacers team who were 5-2 in their last 7 games before going into this one.
1-19 for three pointers does not help your cause one bit.

What a game for  the King today, carrying his team in final minutes, I'm really impress how he really take the lead, 9 points straight and he really create
for his team to win, adjusting too to defend Jokić who also playing well, the 2nd half runs was full of excitement Denver is too good to compete with but
still stars will shine when the team needed them most.

The expected return of Jimmy Butler isn't until playoffs but the problem I see for the Timberwolves is if they can go to the playoffs in the first place. All of them are on a tight spot on who will secure a playoff seed in the western conference and with the remaining games for the Timberwolves being a tough one, me as fan cannot breathe easily as every game will count. The Blazers are on a winning streak, Pelicans are looking great, and Spurs looks like an elite team.