I took yesterday off and found myself watching 'Problem Child' on Encore not once, but twice. I've always been a fan of John Ritter and any show or movie starring a devilish child is fun to watch. One of my all-time favorite scenes in any movie is when little Junior wrecks the little girl's party while we listen to the classic Leslie Gore song and the little girl throws a classic and amazingly precious crying fit over Junior's every action. Now, whenever I see that part of the movie, I think of the Miami Heat.

     With that said, let's see if the fightin' Trail Blazers can make them cry a bit more. I doubt it; the Golden Child Nicolas Batum may very well be the Holy Grail of Basketball, but he's no Lebrick.

     In other action, Washington (every single time I make one of these threads those bloody Wizards are playing!) takes on T.J. Jennings and the Bucks, the Lake show visits Hotlanta, and Philly hopes to move even closer to leap-frogging the Knicks as they face our hopeful first round matchup, the Pacers.