Last Game: 104-97 win at New York, December 2

Streak:  Won 5

Next Game: at Washington, December 3

While reserves F Travis Outlaw and G-F Rudy Fernandez had big 
nights on the offensive side, C Joel Przybilla also drew some 
praise for his defensive efforts against New York's 
pick-and-roll offense.  "They're very good in pick-and-roll 
offense and they're good at executing that," Portland coach Nate
McMillan said.  "We had to make some adjustments and basically 
those calls, those reads were on our bigs and Joel did a nice 
job of not only defending on the perimeter but rotating and 
defending the basket. ... Przybilla played 25 minutes, 38 
seconds and, when he was on the court, Portland outscored New 
York by seven points and over his last eight games, he is 
22-of-25 from the floor. ... Rookie C Greg Oden had a rough 
night as scored just two points on 1-of-5 shooting. ... Portland
is 6-0 against Eastern Conference opponents, and that is its 
best start against the East since 1990-91 when it won its first 
12 games. ... Former Knicks F Channing Frye made his second 
return to New York and did not score in five minutes.