It will take some switching and cross-matching for it to happen all the time, but the prospect of Toronto’s best defender trying to corral the NBA’s best scorer should be intriguing. It’s how the game ended the last time the teams met, with Harden forcing Leonard into a tough shot that missed at the buzzer. NEED TO KNOWAnother late start and another Raptors game on U.S. national television, this time on TNT … The Rockets are chasing Portland and Oklahoma City in the West, and only two of them will get home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs … Harden averages 36.7 points per game and has scored 30 or more in 37 of his last 38 games … The Rockets have won five straight, and seven of their last 10 road games … Siakam is averaging 20.8 points and shooting 50.6 per cent from the field in his last 11 games.

Source: thestar March 05, 2019 04:18 UTC