Wednesday: 7 p.m. vs. Denver (FSN)

Friday: 9 p.m. at Portland (FSN)

Saturday: 9:30 p.m. at Golden State (FSN)

Player to watch:

Damien Lillard, Portland

Brandon Roy will get all the attention if he's indeed healthy enough to play in what sure will be a ballyhooed return to the Rose Garden, but pay attention to the Blazers rookie point guard who very well could end up stealing Rookie of the Year away from New Orleans' Anthony Davis.

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« He's going to be a 30-point scoring machine. »

Timberwolves forward Andrei Kirilenko envisioning what would happen if Russian mate Alexey Shved gets his shooting percentage up