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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Most pundits put the Los Angeles Clippers on a short list of contenders to make it to the NBAs Western Conference finals this season.Thats just fine with Doc Rivers, the president of basketball operations and head coach of the Clippers.Its not a burden, said Rivers, who begins his fourth season at the Clipper helm against the Portland Trail Blazers Thursday night at the Moda Center. Why should people expecting you to win ever be a burden Ive never figured that one out.You should be excited and happy any time youre in the NBA and youre on a team that people think is good. Thats a pleasure.The Clippers are good.The presence of All-Stars such as Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan plus veterans J.J. Redick, Jamal Crawford and Austin Rivers, the coachs son guarantee that.Now the team has added depth with free-agent signings of forwards Marreese Speights and Brandon Bass and guards Alan Anderson and Raymond Felton to minimum deals.Its ironic that the Clippers open the 2016-17 campaign against the team that knocked them out of the first round of the playoffs a year ago. Injuries to Paul and Griffin during the series play a large role in that, but it adds a bit of intrigue to the Clippers debut game this season.Were excited, said Austin Rivers, who signed a three-year, $35-million contract in the offseason. Its going to be a fun environment considering thats the team that knocked us out last year. We have our whole team back. So do they. Its going to be a fun game.The Trail Blazers got a two-day jump on the season over the Clippers, coming from behind to defeat the Utah Jazz 113-104 Tuesday night in their home opener. Damian Lillard launched an unofficial MVP campaign by scoring 39 points, 16 in the decisive fourth quarter.The best way to show that I mean that is by going out and playing like it, the Blazers two-time All-Star point guard said. Tonight was a good start.Portland had an outstanding offensive game, making 39 of 75 shots from the field (.520), 13 of 19 shots from the 3-point line (.684) and all 22 attempts from the foul line. The Blazers made their first seven 3-point tries and were 7 for 8 in the first half.But Portlands defense -- a focus coming into this season -- was spotty at best, especially in yielding a 37-point third quarter to the Jazz.Sometimes we get into an offensive mode, because we have so many guys who can score, reserve forward Ed Davis said. We can outscore 85 percent of the teams in the league. To be able to win night in and night out, though, you have to get stops. Thats what we did in the fourth. Weve got to have more quarters like the fourth and less like the third.You give up 37 in a quarter, no way you can win a game. Giving up 30 in a quarter is a lot.The Blazers are special because of their camaraderie, Utah coach Quin Snyder said.They fit together really well, Snyder said. Everybody embraces who they are. Thats what makes them such a good team. They know their strengths. They complement each other. Theyre clearly an unselfish group, and that makes them hard to defend. NFL Jerseys Outlet . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Jerseys For Sale . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. http://www.wholesalecheapnfljerseys.com/ . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Wholesale Jerseys From China . P.A. 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When you run everything, youve got a good chance of winning it-- last Sunday but Jones feels Ford has the potential to take the Kiwi playmakers crown in the future.I think he can be better than Beauden Barrett - no doubt about that, Jones said. People rave about Beauden Barrett but I dont.It was Fords alignment in the backs that pleased Jones so much along with his role in phase play. He feels the Bath fly-half, whose club future is up in the air, is embracing a sense of security with England but wants him to improve his attacking game with ball in hand.I just think hes got a great feel for the game, Jones continued. He sees opportunities. He needs to work on his running game a bit, which we will work on. He needs to be more of a threat himself. Hes actually too selfless. He needs to be a bit more selfish with the ball at times and he will start to develop that in his game.?Ford has started all but one match in the Jones era with the anomaly coming against Australia in that first Test in Brisbane but even then he was introduced after just 29 minutes to work in tandem with Owen Farrell.The week leading up to the match against Fiji included fresh speculation over the fly-halfs Bath future with him reportedly assessing his options ahead of the summer but on Saturday he played with a calm, assuredness despite being on the wrong end of some rough justice from the opposition.dddddddddddd.Ford agrees with Jones that he needs to attack the line more and says the England coach challenges him on his alignment and when to be flatter and deeper. But aged just 23, Ford still has room to grow into and he dedicates his time away from the field learning from other fly-halves past and present.I try to watch as many games as possible, especially the other fly-halves around the world, Ford said. Its intriguing to watch how the others play, how they manage the game, how they attack, how they defend, their kicking game.You can always pick things up and learn things and be a student of the game and learn by watching as many games as possible and by learning from the best players in the world. Its something I enjoy doing.England now turn attention to Argentina as they look to stretch their unbeaten run to 13 games, 12 of which have come under Jones. They have George Kruis, Jonny May and Mike Brown back in contention to face the Pumas and Jones is focusing on finding the right tactics to tackle Argentinas unpredictability.Argentina are a tricky side, not an easy side to play against and were going to have to prepare really well to beat them, Jones said. Its about finding the right balance between playing structured and unstructured.We need to get an advantage in the set piece which is difficult against them, so weve got to find ways to do that, and then make them play unstructured rugby from situations theyre not great in. ' ' '