Portland Trail Blazers at Houston Rockets
· National Basketball AssociationSimons scores 25, Sharpe adds 24 as Trail Blazers bounce back with 104-98 win over Rockets
The victory came after Portland was blown out 116-88 by the Rockets in an NBA Cup game Friday night.
The Trail Blazers led by three late before Alperen Sengun cut the lead to 99-98 on a shot in the paint with 21 seconds left.
Portland got two free throws apiece from Deni Avdija and Sharpe to make it 103-98 with 4.3 seconds remaining. Simons added another free throw after a technical foul on Fred Van Vleet to secure the win.
Houston’s Dillon Brooks and Sharpe had to be separated after they got tangled up fighting for a rebound with about two minutes left. Brooks had to be pulled away from Simons after Brooks took issue with Simons pushing him away from the fray.
Sharpe was called for a loose ball foul on the play and Simons and Brooks both received technical fouls.
Sengun had 22 points and Amen Thompson added 19 points off the bench for the Rockets.
Rockets: Houston needs to play more consistently after a poor offensive showing Saturday night a game after Friday’s big offensive outing when the team made 15 3-pointers.
Regular Season Series
Series tied 1-1
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 104 - 98 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 104 - 98 | |
4th 4.1 | Tari Eason enters the game for Fred VanVleet | 104 - 98 | |
4th 4.1 | Fred VanVleet ejected | 104 - 98 | |
4th 4.1 | Anfernee Simons makes technical free throw | 104 - 98 |
Statistics
POR | HOU | |
---|---|---|
34-90 | FG | 32-90 |
37.8 | Field Goal % | 35.6 |
18-44 | 3PT | 8-32 |
40.9 | Three Point % | 25.0 |
18-23 | FT | 26-33 |
78.3 | Free Throw % | 78.8 |
53 | Rebounds | 43 |
16 | Offensive Rebounds | 14 |
37 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
16 | Assists | 17 |
5 | Steals | 8 |
12 | Blocks | 5 |
16 | Turnovers | 9 |
2 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
18 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 2 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 2 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
18 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 8 |
19 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
32 | Points in Paint | 40 |
26 | Fouls | 19 |
9 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 16,102 · 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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