Houston Rockets 126, Portland Trail Blazers 128 — Recap

December 26, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 126, Portland Trail Blazers 128 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 31-27 POR; Q2 HOU 37-31 POR; Q3 HOU 17-26 POR; Q4 HOU 28-29 POR; OT1 HOU 13-15 POR.

Top performers (box score): James Harden (HOU) 44 points, 4 rebounds, 17 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; CJ McCollum (POR) 44 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 9 threes on 17-of-30 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-28 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 31 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists on 14-of-22 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

James Harden

44 PTS, 4 REB, 17 AST, 6 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · POR

CJ McCollum

44 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 9 3PM · 17-30 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

32 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 5 3PM · 11-28 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
HOU	31	37	17	28	13		126
POR	27	31	26	29	15		128

🧮 How They Scored

HOUPOR

60Points in the paint46

15Fast-break points20

14Second-chance points14

19Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.0%Effective FG%55.4%

13.7%Turnover %10.4%

22.7%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.368Free-throw rate0.225

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Wood F	44	31	13	3	0	1	3	14-22	0-2	3-4	-6
James Harden G	43	44	4	17	1	0	5	12-21	6-13	14-16	-6
PJ Tucker F	43	7	11	1	1	1	4	3-10	1-4	0-2	-6
Danuel House Jr. F	38	11	3	1	1	0	1	3-8	1-4	4-6	-6
Jae'Sean Tate F	37	13	4	2	1	0	1	5-9	1-4	2-2	+14
David Nwaba G	27	10	2	0	1	2	0	4-10	0-3	2-2	-5
Sterling Brown G	20	10	1	0	0	0	1	4-5	2-3	0-0	-6
Brodric Thomas G	10	0	3	3	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Bruno Caboclo F	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+7

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	44	44	3	8	1	0	0	17-30	9-16	1-2	+8
Damian Lillard G	41	32	5	9	1	0	5	11-28	5-13	5-5	+9
Robert Covington F	38	9	8	0	2	0	2	3-7	1-4	2-2	+16
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	36	6	6	1	1	1	0	2-4	0-0	2-4	+5
Jusuf Nurkic C	35	12	11	6	0	1	3	5-11	0-2	2-6	+10
Carmelo Anthony F	20	5	1	2	2	0	0	2-9	1-2	0-0	-16
Enes Kanter C	18	10	9	0	0	1	2	4-5	0-0	2-2	-8
Rodney Hood G	16	3	0	1	2	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-1
Anfernee Simons G	10	7	1	0	1	2	0	2-5	2-5	1-2	-5
Gary Trent Jr. G	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Bench	43	44	78.5	34.0	-5.3	24.2
Christian Wood	Bench	44	31	65.2	28.4	-4.1	15.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	37	13	65.8	12.8	+21.4	7.0
Danuel House Jr.	Bench	38	11	51.7	14.0	-6.0	4.3
Sterling Brown	Bench	20	10	100.0	13.3	-9.0	8.1
David Nwaba	Bench	27	10	46.0	18.0	-7.1	6.0
PJ Tucker	Bench	43	7	32.2	16.0	-4.0	1.5
Bruno Caboclo	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	+123.8	-8.3
Brodric Thomas	Bench	10	0	0.0	9.1	+24.7	2.5

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	44	44	71.2	30.1	+4.8	19.3
Damian Lillard	Bench	41	32	53.0	33.7	+7.6	12.5
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	35	12	44.0	20.7	+12.0	6.6
Enes Kanter	Bench	18	10	85.0	16.7	-24.3	32.1
Robert Covington	Bench	38	9	57.1	11.4	+20.5	5.3
Anfernee Simons	Bench	10	7	59.5	23.1	-25.0	32.4
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	36	6	52.1	6.8	+0.6	3.1
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	20	5	27.8	16.4	-40.0	1.6
Rodney Hood	Bench	16	3	75.0	7.1	-6.1	3.1
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.7	-60.6	-10.5