Houston Rockets 114, Portland Trail Blazers 131 — Recap

February 26, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 114, Portland Trail Blazers 131. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 31-32 POR; Q2 HOU 27-41 POR; Q3 HOU 30-29 POR; Q4 HOU 26-29 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 71 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 13 threes on 22-of-38 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-16 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-11 shooting; Daishen Nix (HOU) 16 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 15 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

71 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 13 3PM · 22-38 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

17 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 8-16 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jae'Sean Tate

17 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST · 7-11 FG

Season highs

Damian Lillard · Season-high 71 pointsDamian Lillard · Season-high 13 threes

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		T
HOU	31	27	30	26		114
POR	32	41	29	29		131

🧮 How They Scored

HOUPOR

74Points in the paint38

15Fast-break points14

23Second-chance points6

16Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.5%Effective FG%67.5%

10.5%Turnover %12.3%

36.7%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.250Free-throw rate0.455

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. F	38	9	8	4	1	2	2	3-11	0-4	3-6	-27
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	33	14	8	4	1	0	2	5-10	0-1	4-5	-7
TyTy Washington Jr. G	32	10	4	3	1	0	1	3-10	2-7	2-2	-4
Daishen Nix F	30	16	1	3	1	0	3	7-19	2-7	0-0	-9
Tari Eason F	28	15	10	3	2	0	1	6-12	1-1	2-2	-11
Alperen Sengun F-C	25	17	10	5	0	0	2	8-16	0-0	1-2	-14
Jae'Sean Tate F	25	17	2	2	0	0	1	7-11	0-2	3-4	-7
Josh Christopher G	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	-10
Usman Garuba F	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+5
Boban Marjanovic C	6	10	3	0	0	0	1	4-5	0-0	2-4	-1

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	39	71	6	6	0	0	2	22-38	13-22	14-14	+21
Matisse Thybulle G-F	36	8	3	2	2	1	0	3-6	2-5	0-0	+29
Jerami Grant F	32	13	5	1	1	0	4	5-10	1-2	2-2	+14
Cameron Reddish F-G	31	7	2	4	3	0	0	2-3	1-2	2-2	+30
Trendon Watford F	24	6	3	2	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	2-5	+9
Drew Eubanks F	22	9	8	0	1	2	1	2-2	0-0	5-10	+14
Nassir Little F	20	11	9	2	0	1	0	3-3	3-3	2-2	-7
Shaedon Sharpe G	13	4	0	0	0	1	3	2-5	0-2	0-0	-14
Jabari Walker F	13	2	1	0	0	2	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-7
Keon Johnson G	9	0	0	3	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Kevin Knox F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	25	17	66.6	22.6	-11.2	9.7
Alperen Sengun	Bench	25	17	50.4	27.7	-31.9	12.3
Daishen Nix	Bench	30	16	42.1	26.5	-23.7	2.5
Tari Eason	Bench	28	15	58.2	18.7	-18.3	13.9
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	33	14	57.4	15.6	-15.0	11.5
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	32	10	46.0	14.6	-7.9	6.8
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	6	10	74.0	50.0	+0.5	24.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	38	9	33.0	15.6	-39.6	4.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	15	3	30.0	13.5	-28.9	0.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	8	3	150.0	4.5	+35.6	8.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Darius Days	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trevor Hudgins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	39	71	80.4	51.7	+30.0	39.0
Jerami Grant	Bench	32	13	59.7	21.1	+22.8	5.3
Nassir Little	Bench	20	11	141.8	8.9	-13.6	22.9
Drew Eubanks	Bench	22	9	70.3	16.7	+33.4	9.1
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	36	8	66.7	7.7	+39.2	3.9
Cameron Reddish	Bench	31	7	90.2	5.8	+49.8	10.2
Trendon Watford	Bench	24	6	57.7	13.0	+20.4	2.8
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	13	4	40.0	26.7	-44.7	-2.3
Jabari Walker	Bench	13	2	20.0	17.2	-21.3	-0.8
Kevin Knox	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Johnson	Bench	9	0	0.0	15.8	-15.8	0.0