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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 19 | 26 | 32 | 35 | 112 |
 Rockets | 25 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 121 |
PORTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 40-8348.2% | 9-2634.6% | 23-3271.9% | 40 | 21 | 12 |
| HOU | 45-10045.0% | 12-3831.6% | 19-2576.0% | 49 | 25 | 13 |
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Houston Rockets121| 39 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −9.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 8 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +8 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 33 | 30 | 11-23 | 5-12 | 3-4 | 0 | +5 | +7.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 37, Season high (his best before, 31) | 13-29 | 3-11 | 8-8 | 0 | +4 | +14.7 | |||||||
| 24 | 13 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | +8 | +2.5 | |||||||
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| 32 | 12 | 4-11 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | +9 | −2.2 | |||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −6.7 | ||||
| 15 | 13 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | +5.2 | ||||||
| Team | 121 | 45-10045.0% | 12-3831.6% | 49 | 25 | 13 | 30 | 19-2576.0% | 17 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 33 points on 13 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Luc Mbah a Moute (injury/illness); Chinanu Onuaku and Briante Weber (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers112| 37 | 24 | 9-16 | 2-5 | 4-4 | −3 | +5.8 | ||||||||
| 33 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −8.1 | ||||
| 32 | 18 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +2.7 | |||||
| 32 | 29 | 9-16 | 1-6 | 10-12 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +11.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −3.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 11 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0 | −2 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 23 | 9 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −5.7 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.7 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.6 | |||
| Team | 112 | 40-8348.2% | 9-2634.6% | 40 | 21 | 12 | 26 | 23-3271.9% | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Noah Vonleh, Jake Layman and Meyers Leonard (coach’s decision).
Rockets121Trail Blazers112ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Chris Paul had a season-high 37 points and 11 assists, and the Houston Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 121-112.
The Trail Blazers got within 105-102 on Evan Turner’s 10-foot fadeaway with 3:05 to play, but Clint Capela answered with a dunk, and the Trail Blazers got no closer than 107-103.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Trail Blazers 10-6. Paul scored 7 of the Rockets’ 10 on 3 for 3 shooting.
Eric Gordon scored 30 points (13 in the third quarter) with 5 3-pointers. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard had 29 points (7 during an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter) and 8 assists, and CJ McCollum added 24 points.
The Trail Blazers gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Rockets missed.
Houston RocketsPortland Trail BlazersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
102 points from the field on 99 shots: 2.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-32 | 59.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 6-15 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-15 | 53.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-4 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-34 | 32.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shabazz Napier | 16 | 7 | 1-4 | +3 |
| Evan Turner | 11 | 10 | 3-5 | +7 |
| Damian Lillard | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| CJ McCollum | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 21 | 10-20 | +16 |
The tracking credits him with 40 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 33 | 10 | 3-7 | +1 |
| Evan Turner | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Shabazz Napier | 9 | 5 | 2-8 | +3 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 4 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 14 | 6-7 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jusuf Nurkić | 20 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Ed Davis | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Evan Turner | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 5 | 4 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 47 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Capela 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (8 PTS) (Paul 10 AST)
Q4 2:44
15.8%
73→89
Paul 16' Fadeaway Jumper (23 PTS)
Q3 0:00
12.9%
79→92
Paul 25' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 11:12
12.9%
79→92
Green 27' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Anderson 1 AST)
Q4 10:04
12.7%
82→95
McCollum 3' Driving Layup (18 PTS)
Q3 0:07
11.7%
90→79
