The Miami Heat get a great game from an unlikely source.

The Blazers get a fourth quarter from someone who's done it many times, but it had been a minute.

And Steph Curry keeping that MVP race convoluted.

Or is he simplifying it?

Huh.

Makes you think.

Hey, I'm Tasmelis, and this is what you need to know in the NBA for Friday, February 12th.

The number one seed in the east of Philadelphia 76ers visiting the Portland Trailblazers.

And it was MVP candidate Joel Embed, who got his team out to a great start.

Now stop me if you've heard this before.

Embedd had 23 points in the first half, the most 20 point first halves in the NBA this season with eight. It was a week to the day when he had a monstrous first half against the Blazers.

25 points in a quarter against the Blazers last Thursday, and then they lost.

Yeah, I'm giving away the ending.

Carmelo Anthony was the story in the fourth quarter.

In fact, for me, the story was actually that the Blazers have created the first gray jersey that is universally loved.

But are they gray?

Maybe that's why they're universally loved because they're not gray at all.

Portland needed mellow in the fourth quarter because Ben Simmons, that 611 frame did a great job to take away Damian Lillard's 6-2 flow from the start.

He had a rough shooting night. Is Ben Simmons

6-11? He's listed at that. I've stood beside Ben Simmons before. 6-11, that sounds tall.

Look, Gary Trent had a good night for the Blazers with 5-3s, but mellow.

Give him the ball. He took over 17 points in the fourth quarter alone.

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