The Houston Rockets will try to bounce back after losing Game 1 and and Game 2 at home. Only three teams that have started a series with two home losses and have came back to win the series. One of those teams was the 1993-1994 Rockets that went on to win the championship. James Harden shooting slump continues in the series. He is shooting 29.8% from the field and 26.3% from three-point range. The Rockets are shooting 42.1% in the series. In the regular season they shot 47.2% which was ranked No.5 in the league.
Houston's assist average is also down by five. In the series they are averaging 16 assists, meanwhile in the regular season they had 21.5. The Rockets were 21-20 on the road during the regular season, the worst road record of any Western Conference playoff team.
As for the Blazers they will try to take a 3-0 series lead today. LaMarcus Aldridge is leading scorer in the postseason scoring 89 total points in the first two games of the series. LaMarcus became the first player to have back-to-back 40-point playoff games since Tracy McGrady did it with the Orlando Magic in 2003 against the Detroit Pistons.
Rockets point guard ,Patrick Beverley is playing through a right knee sprain. As for Rockets forward Chandler Parsons, he loves to play in fast break situation and was able to hit open threes and finish at the rim in transition in Game 2. In Wednesday's game, he ended the night 5-for-15 with 15 points. Forward Terrence Jones, an athletic power forward, ended with 13 points on 5-for-11 shooting from the field. Both players need to see a faster pace tonight if McHale expects to get their best contributions. The Blazers were 31-10 at home during the regular season, and they own a 72-34 all-time home playoff record.
