De Spurs moesten wel Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili en de geblesseerde Tiago Splitter missen. ‘Ik raakte geen bal’, zuchtte Spurs-ster Tony Parker. ‘Aanvallend wilde het maar niet lukken.’ Bij de thuisploeg was Dwight Howard met 32 punten en 16 rebounds de grote man.

Houston - San Antonio 98-81

Portland - Dallas 108-87

Standen (zeges, nederlagen, winstpercentage):

EASTERN CONFERENCE

. Atlantic Division:

1. Toronto 4 1 .800

2. Brooklyn 2 2 .500

3. New York 2 3 .400

4. Boston 1 3 .250

5. Philadelphia 0 5 .000

. Central division:

1. Chicago 4 1 .800

2. Milwaukee 2 3 .400

3. Cleveland 1 3 .250

. Detroit 1 3 .250

5. Indiana 1 4 .200

. Southeast division:

1. Washington 4 1 .800

2. Miami 3 2 .600

3. Charlotte 2 3 .400

4. Atlanta 1 2 .333

5. Orlando 1 4 .250

WESTERN CONFERENCE

. Northwest division:

1. Portland 3 2 .600

2. Minnesota 2 2 .500

3. Utah 2 3 .400

4. Denver 1 3 .250

5. Oklahoma City 1 4 .200

. Pacific division:

1. Golden State 4 0 1.000

2. Sacramento 4 1 .800

3. Phoenix 3 2 .600

. LA Clippers 3 2 .600

5. LA Lakers 0 5 .000

. Southwest division:

1. Houston 6 0 1.000

2. Memphis 5 0 1.000

3. Dallas 3 2 .600

4. San Antonio 2 2 .500

. New Orleans 2 2 .500

. Programma van vrijdag:

Charlotte - Atlanta

Orlando - Minnesota

Philadelphia - Chicago

Boston - Indiana

Brooklyn - New York

Detroit - Milwaukee

Toronto - Washington

Oklahoma City - Memphis

Phoenix - Sacramento

Utah - Dallas

Denver - Cleveland