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Portland Trail Blazers at Houston Rockets

· NBA Cup - Group Play
Final
88 - 116

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Dillon Brooks scores a season-high 28 to lead the Rockets past the Trail Blazers 116-88

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Houston Rockets: Game Highlights

Brooks matched a career-high with six 3-pointers on eight attempts, and the Rockets made 15 of 39 (38.5%) from beyond the arc.

Tari Eason scored 22 points off the bench, Jalen Green had 17 and Alperen Sengun added 14 as the Rockets won for the seventh time in eight games. Six of those wins were by double figures. Houston is 2-0 in NBA Cup play

For Portland, Deni Avdija and Shaedon Sharpe scores 13 points apiece and Toumani Camara had 11.

Portland has lost two straight games to open a four-game trip. They previously won three straight at home. The Trail Blazers are 1-1 in the in-season tournament.

Takeaways Trail Blazers: Portland was missing two of its five leading scorers in Scoot Henderson, out for the first time with a left quad contusion, and Deandre Ayton, who remained sidelined with a deep contusion in his right index finger.

Rockets: Houston, at 12-5, has outscored opponents by 163 points through 17 games, the highest total through the first 17 games of a season in franchise history. The previous record of 131 was held by the defending champion 1996-97 Rockets, who started the season 15-2.

Key moment The Rockets were trailing early when Eason checked in and provided a spark, scoring 12 points in an energetic 13 minutes in the first half. Eason finished with a game-best plus-minus of +33 points.

Key stat Houston outscored Portland 23-7 in fast-break points and generated 28 points off Portland’s 21 turnovers.

Up next The Trail Blazers and the Rockets will meet again Saturday night in Houston for the second half of a back-to-back.

Regular Season Series

HOU leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Rockets: 80.7%
Trail Blazers: 19.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 88 - 116
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 88 - 116
4th 0.0 Trail Blazers offensive team rebound 88 - 116
4th 0.0 Taze Moore misses 70-foot three point jumper 88 - 116
4th 1.0 Jae'Sean Tate makes free throw 2 of 2 88 - 116

Statistics

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30-91 FG 42-93
33.0 Field Goal % 45.2
11-43 3PT 15-39
25.6 Three Point % 38.5
17-22 FT 17-25
77.3 Free Throw % 68.0
45 Rebounds 51
13 Offensive Rebounds 13
32 Defensive Rebounds 38
17 Assists 27
9 Steals 14
8 Blocks 5
20 Turnovers 17
1 Team Turnovers 0
21 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
28 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 18
7 Fast Break Points 26
36 Points in Paint 48
20 Fouls 20
8 Largest Lead 28

Game Information

Toyota Center (Houston)

Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 15,546 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 23 5 .821 - W8
Denver 16 11 .593 6.5 W2
Minnesota 14 14 .500 9 L3
Portland 9 20 .310 14.5 L2
Utah 7 21 .250 16 L1

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 20 9 .690 - W3
Memphis 20 10 .667 0.5 L1
Dallas 19 10 .655 1 W2
San Antonio 15 14 .517 5 L1
New Orleans 5 25 .167 15.5 L7
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