The closure of Australias Ford factories has inspired reigning Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom to claim this weekends Bathurst 1000 title and provide the farewell Falcon deserves.Winterbottom said he hoped to honour the hundreds of workers at Fords manufacturing plants that will shut down this week by holding aloft the Peter Brock Trophy on Sunday.The Falcon brand will be retired after the Geelong and Broadmeadows factories in Victoria close on Friday.Winterbottoms Prodrive Racing team will continue to use Falcons next season but the 2013 Mount Panorama champion believed Sundays Great Race marked the end of an era.A lot of people have worked at the Ford plant up to 50 years, so it is emotional, Winterbottom told AAP.I know a lot of them are driving up and having a convoy, celebrating their time at Ford by going to Bathurst.It would be nice to send the Falcon out on the high it deserves.It would be huge for the workers more than anything.Winterbottom can revive his championship title defence with a second Bathurst triumph.He finished a disastrous 23rd with co-driver Dean Canto at the recent Sandown 500, relegating him to fifth in the driver standings.He is 340 points behind new series leader, Holdens Shane van Gisbergen.However, Winterbottom believed so much more was at stake on Sunday.Bathurst is all about bragging rights. 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Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout.HOUSTON -- One night after struggling to contain one of the highest scoring guards in the NBA, the Rockets will get a second chance to shore up their defense when Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard pays a visit to Toyota Center on Thursday night.Wednesday night in Oklahoma City, Thunder guard Russell Westbrook torched Houston (6-5) for 30 points, seven rebounds and nine assists in a 105-103 Thunder victory. Westbrook entered the game second in the NBA in scoring (32 points per game) and assists (9.9), and pacing the NBA in usage rate at 41.4 percent.Lillard brings similar credentials, ranking fifth in scoring (29.8 points) and eighth in usage rate at 32.6 percent. But for all the success Westbrook had on Wednesday night and the potential for a similar eruption when they play host to Portland (7-5), the Rockets stumbled against the Thunder because their offense collapsed in the fourth quarter again.Houston has struggled with pace, scoring and shooting percentage in the fourth quarter this season and those issues were at the forefront of their loss to Oklahoma City. The Rockets posted just 13 points in the final period and were held scoreless between a Clint Capela dunk with 6:26 remaining and an Eric Gordon 3-pointer just prior to the buzzer. They missed nine consecutive shots during that stretch, adding to what has been a prevailing problem for an offense that oftentimes scores at will.We have that problem a little bit, Rockets coach Mike DAntoni said of holding the ball too long down the stretch of close games. I thought we got good shots. It might not have been your classic move the ball, move the ball, movve the ball but I thought we had some looks.dddddddddddd The 3s they had looks at we had them and they made them and we missed them. Sometimes it just comes down to youve got to make shots and we just didnt do it.The Trail Blazers issues are defense and rebounding. They entered Wednesday 29th in scoring defense (111.2 points per game) and 27th in defensive rating. The Bulls ravaged Portland on Tuesday night while rolling to a 113-88 victory at Moda Center, finishing plus-18 on the glass. Chicago managed 19 offensive boards, par for the course with Portland ranking 29th in defensive rebounding rate at 72.3 percent.Our defensive rebounding is a concern, Portland coach Terry Stotts said. Its addressed and weve got to get better and focus on it.Similar to the Rockets, Portland leans on offensive might to carry the weight most nights. The Trail Blazers trailed 13-2 before recording their first basket with 6:48 left in the first quarter against the Bulls and were down 17 when someone other than C.J. McCollum scored a basket.Yet for all the concerns over defense and rebounding, the NBA remains a make-or-miss league. When the Rockets and Portland make shots, particularly from the perimeter, they are difficult for any defense to slow. When they dont, whether in the first or fourth quarter, problems arise.Were not a paint team. We rely on 3s, we rely on penetration, Stotts said. When youre struggling offensively in the first quarter there are going to be a lot of bloated numbers across the board. ' ' '