Portland Trail Blazers @ Houston Rockets

9-8, 4-3 Away

101

9-8, 4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Trail Blazers POR	32	18	27	24	101
Rockets HOU	17	36	33	18	104

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

8-9, 5-4 Home

104

8-9, 5-4 Home

Portland Trail Blazers

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony#00
Derrick Jones Jr.D. Jones Jr.#55
Enes FreedomKanter#11
Damian LillardD. Lillard#0
Gary Trent Jr.G. Trent Jr.#2
bench
Harry Giles IIIH. Giles III#4
Nassir LittleN. Little#9
Rodney HoodR. Hood#5
Anfernee SimonsA. Simons#1
Zach CollinsZ. Collins#33
Keljin BlevinsK. Blevins#21
Jusuf NurkicJ. Nurkic#27
CJ EllebyC. Elleby#16
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	6	3-15	0-4	0-0	9	1	2	2	1	2	7	2	+9
27	11	5-8	1-3	0-0	7	0	0	1	3	4	3	1	0
33	13	5-9	0-0	3-4	13	2	3	1	2	4	9	3	-1
38	30	11-23	5-11	3-4	4	9	4	0	0	0	4	0	+1
38	23	8-16	7-13	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	+2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	-2
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-9
20	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	-7
28	14	5-13	4-9	0-0	8	0	2	0	0	0	8	2	-8
DNP-LEFT ANKLE
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT WRIST INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT FOOT
	101	39-93	17-41	6-8	49	16	15	6	7	10	39	16
		42%	41%	75%

Houston Rockets

starters
P.J. TuckerP.J. Tucker#17
Christian WoodC. Wood#35
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
John WallJ. Wall#1
Victor OladipoV. Oladipo#7
bench
Danuel House Jr.D. House Jr.#4
Sterling BrownS. Brown#0
David NwabaD. Nwaba#2
DeMarcus CousinsD. Cousins#15
Eric GordonE. Gordon#10
KJ MartinMartin Jr.#6
Rodions KurucsR. Kurucs#00
Ben McLemoreB. McLemore#16
Mason JonesM. Jones#9
Brodric ThomasB. Thomas#33
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	6	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	+3
32	22	8-12	1-4	5-6	12	0	3	1	1	1	11	0	+16
17	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	2	1	2	-13
30	20	6-16	3-7	5-6	5	6	2	0	1	0	5	0	+3
37	25	11-23	2-10	1-1	7	5	0	1	1	0	7	1	+4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	11	4-7	2-5	1-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	+9
21	6	2-7	2-5	0-0	3	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	+5
13	2	1-2	0-1	0-1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	+1
11	6	2-5	1-4	1-1	4	3	1	1	0	2	2	2	-15
30	8	2-11	2-7	2-2	4	1	4	0	1	1	3	2	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	104	38-90	13-47	15-18	47	19	13	8	7	10	37	12
		42%	28%	83%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

POR

Season tied

1-1

HOU

128

Game 1@ POR

Final/OT

126

101

Game 2@ HOU

Final

104

140

Game 3@ POR

Final

129

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:James Capers

Referee:Scott Wall

Referee:Sean Corbin

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	17	.790	-	L1
Denver	53	28	.654	11	W11
Minnesota	48	33	.593	16	W1
Portland	41	40	.506	23	W1
Utah	22	59	.272	42	W1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	19	.765	-	W3
Houston	51	30	.630	11	L1
New Orleans	26	55	.321	36	L1
Memphis	25	56	.309	37	L7
Dallas	25	56	.309	37	L3

NBA News

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