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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 17 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 94 |
 Rockets | 36 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 96 |
PORTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 39-8545.9% | 7-2231.8% | 9-1464.3% | 47 | 16 | 18 |
| HOU | 34-7346.6% | 13-3735.1% | 15-2462.5% | 38 | 16 | 15 |
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Houston Rockets96| 34 | 24 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 0 | 7-10 | 0 | +7 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 11 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | +12 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 32 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −6.3 | ||||||
| 31 | 27 | 11-19 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +6.6 | |||||
| 27 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −7.8 | |||||
| 25 | 9 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +3.1 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.6 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | −10 | −1.2 | |||||||
| Team | 96 | 34-7346.6% | 13-3735.1% | 38 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15-2462.5% | 6 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 21 points on 7 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Zhou Qi, RJ Hunter, Nene and Tim Quarterman (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers94| 33 | 14 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | −15 | +1.6 | |||||||
| 33 | 16 | 7-25 | 2-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −21 | −12.1 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.2 | |||||
| 25 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | −14 | −0.3 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +9 | +2.9 | |||||
| 18 | 10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | −2.2 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −5.9 | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +2.0 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +15 | +3.5 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +1.0 | ||
| Team | 94 | 39-8545.9% | 7-2231.8% | 47 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 9-1464.3% | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||
Bench 42 points on 17 for 29 shooting
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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 made a floater with 0.8 seconds left, and the Houston Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 96-94.
Pat Connaughton’s driving layup had tied it at 94 with 6.1 seconds left.
The Trail Blazers had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but CJ McCollum missed a 29-foot fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Rockets 4-2. Late in the fourth quarter, Georgios Papagiannis had 2 steals in 40 seconds, the first leading to Caleb Swanigan’s 22-foot jumper and the second to Jake Layman’s 17-foot fadeaway.
Paul scored 27 points. James Harden added 24 points (10 in the second quarter) and 7 assists, and Luc Mbah a Moute had 9 points and 5 steals.
For the Trail Blazers, McCollum scored 16 points (10 in the third quarter) but shot 7 for 25.
The Trail Blazers turned it over 18 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Rockets 54-32 in the paint. The Trail Blazers outscored the Rockets 15-0 in 4 minutes with Connaughton, Baldwin, Layman, Papagiannis and Swanigan on the floor together.
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).
81 points from the field on 73 shots: 1.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-20 | 70.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 2-6 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-10 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-15 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-22 | 36.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Baldwin IV | 19 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Shabazz Napier | 15 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 5 | 9 | 4-6 | +8 |
| CJ McCollum | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Baldwin IV | 23 | 6 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Evan Turner | 19 | 8 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Shabazz Napier | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 5 | 1-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jusuf Nurkić | 39 | 4 | 1-2 | −6 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Shabazz Napier | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Georgios Papagiannis | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 10 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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
Paul 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (27 PTS)
Q4 0:01
42.0%
53→95
Connaughton 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (9 PTS)
Q4 0:06
38.9%
92→53
Layman 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS)
Q4 0:32
18.5%
96→77
Paul 26' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q1 1:27
12.5%
78→91
Connaughton S.FOUL (P2.PN) (J.Phillips)
Q4 0:13
11.4%
77→89
