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HOW WAS IT?
With the result, the Blazers reached 29 wins, while the Rockets lost for the 47th time.
END OF THE GAME
Blazers 131-114 Rockets.
1'
71 POINTS! Lillard does not stop and reaches the historic mark.
3'
MORE AND MORE! Lillard with three ball and Blazers open 15 on the overall score.
4'
HE DOESN'T STOP! DO NOT STOP! Lillard reaches 64 points and Blazers opens 16 points in the final stretch. On fire!
6'
Lillard with six straight points, reaching 58 and Blazers opening 13 points again.
9'
THERE'S GAME! Rockets with 10 points quickly and the difference drops to seven points, which was already 21.
END OF THIRD PERIOD
Blazers 102-88 Rockets.
1'
Rockets decreases to 12 points and returns to the duel.
3'
Lillard with two more points, reaching 50. He's on fire tonight.
3'
ON FIRE! Lillard with two more points, reaches 46.
4'
Teams trade points and Blazers manage the huge lead they have on the scoreboard.
6'
Sharpe, with two more points, extends the lead to 21 points, the biggest in the match so far, leaving the Rockets in a delicate situation.
8'
Blazers remain in the lead and with a certain difference after four straight points. The hosts lead by 19 points.
10'
The two teams return exchanging points.
BREAK
Blazers 73-58 Rockets.
1'
Blazers up 11 points after Lillard's three.
2'
Blazers open nine points again on the scoreboard.
5'
Rockets with four points in a row, reduces the deficit to five points.
7'
Blazers with six straight points and opens 11 points, biggest advantage of the game so far.
8'
Blazers remain six points ahead on the scoreboard.
10'
Blazers started better in the second period and opened six points more.
END OF FIRST PERIOD
Blazers 32-31 Rockets.
1'
Moment of errors in the match and more than a minute without a score.
3'
Fairly balanced game at this point.
4'
Rockets with four points in a row, approaching the scoreboard.
7'
Blazers with a slight four-point lead at this point.
9'
The game starts balanced and the teams exchange points.
GAME STARTED
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PRE-GAME
Open quotes!
"It was only three," Rockets coach Stephen Silas said after the setback. "They made 26. We made 11. That was the game."
"I feel like early on we were defending well, but Klay kept going," said Rockets forward Kenyon Martin Jr. "He had a lot of catch-and-shoots. We didn't force him to put the ball down. So that was the difference between us starting the game well and kind of getting out of control."
Speak up, Chauncey Billups!
"You just gotta get to the game," said Portland coach Chauncey Billups after the loss. "And I thought we did a good job. We don't make excuses. We don't do that. We don't believe in that. Sometimes it happens like that. Circumstances happen. Mother Nature happens."
"I was happy to see Nassir warm up," said Billups. "He did a good job of picking the right spots to shoot."
Blazers!
PG - Damian Lillard
SF - Cam Raddish
SF - Anfernee Simons
PF - Jerami Grant
C - Jusuf Nurkic.
Rockets!
PG - Jalen Green
SG - Kevin Porter Jr.
SF - Eric Gordon
PF - Jabari Smith
C - Alperen Sengun.
Houston Rockets
In the last five games of the Houston Rockets, there were five defeats.
Portland Trail Blazers
In the last five games for the Portland Trail Blazers, there were three defeats and two wins.
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Portland Trail Blazers
PG - Damian Lillard
SF - Josh Hart
SF - Anfernee Simons
PF - Jerami Grant
C - Jusuf Nurkic.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers have a negative campaign right now with 31 losses and 28 wins, still fighting for a playoff spot in the final stretch.
Jalen Green
Jalen Green is the Rockets' main name this season. The player averages . 21.8 points per game.
Houston Rockets
PG - Jalen Green
SG - Kevin Porter Jr.
SF - Eric Gordon
PF - Jabari Smith
C - Alperen Sengun.
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets have a negative record at this point in the season. The team has 46 losses and only 13 wins in the entire tournament.
NBA
The NBA (National Basketball Association) is the national basketball league in the United States, with 30 teams divided into two groups, separated by the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. The league was founded on June 6, 1946, as the BAA (Basketball Association of America), but three years later it merged with the NBL (National Basketball League), becoming the NBA we know today.
The first winner was the Los Angeles Lakers, who amended four titles in a row with an initial dynasty in the league. It was only stopped by the Golden State Warriors, and soon after by the Baltimore Bullets.
Today, the Lakers, along with the Boston Celtics, are the biggest winners in the NBA, with 17 titles each. Golden State Warriors appear soon after with seven, where they got another dynasty in the league with Curry, Klay Thomspon, Kevin Durant and Draymond Green.
The league also divides the awards by sectors. The most valuable is MVP, where they elect the best athlete in the league based only on the regular season. Right after that, there are awards for best trainer, best executive, sixth man, rookie and several others. Currently, the player with the most MVP awards is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with six. Next, Michael Jordan has five, along with Bill Russell. LeBron James, still active, has four awards.
The current league champions are the Golden State Warriors, where they defeated the Boston Celtics 4-2 in the decision. The Warriors finished third in the Western Conference, passing the Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks in the postseason, to win the tournament. Center Nikola Jokić is the current MVP of the season, where he won for the second time in a row. Stephen Curry, Warriors point guard, is the current Finals MVP.
The current season has great teams like Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets in the Eastern Conference, while Phoenix Suns, Memphis Girzzlies, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers dispute the best positions in the Western Conference. Still, there are teams that are favorites to go further, such as the Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers and LeBron James' Los Angeles Lakers.
Finally, big stars are candidates for the MVP award, such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Kevin Durant, Ja Morant, Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and LeBron James.
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