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POR 5-1
99 – 106
FINAL
HOU 7-1

Portland Trail Blazers 99, Houston Rockets 106 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 99, Houston Rockets 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 34-27 HOU; Q2 POR 22-30 HOU; Q3 POR 26-20 HOU; Q4 POR 17-29 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Alperen Sengun (HOU) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists on 11-of-12 shooting; Jerami Grant (POR) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-18 shooting; Jrue Holiday (POR) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU
Alperen Sengun
28 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 11-15 FG
Scoring · HOU
Amen Thompson
26 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 11-12 FG
Scoring · POR
Jerami Grant
21 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 6-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

POR 13 largest lead Q1 2:40 (POR 31, HOU 18) · 9-0 run, Q3 6:23–Q3 1:38
HOU 11 largest lead Q4 3:41 (POR 89, HOU 100) · 15-0 run, Q4 7:58–Q4 3:41
Swings 12 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Amen Thompson makes 1-foot running dunk (Kevin Durant assists) (Q4 7:00, POR 89, HOU 91).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:09 Reed Sheppard makes 28-foot three pointer (Amen Thompson assists)HOU · POR 89, HOU 98
  • Q4 3:41 Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2HOU · POR 89, HOU 99
  • Q4 3:41 Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2HOU · POR 89, HOU 100
  • Q4 3:05 Jrue Holiday makes free throw 1 of 2POR · POR 90, HOU 100
  • Q4 3:05 Jrue Holiday makes free throw 2 of 2POR · POR 91, HOU 100
  • Q4 2:53 Amen Thompson makes 2-foot dunk (Kevin Durant assists)HOU · POR 91, HOU 102
  • Q4 2:37 Toumani Camara makes 5-foot layup (Jrue Holiday assists)POR · POR 93, HOU 102
  • Q4 1:59 Robert Williams III makes 9-foot two point shotPOR · POR 95, HOU 102
  • Q4 0:53 Matisse Thybulle makes 5-foot two point shotPOR · POR 97, HOU 102
  • Q4 0:15 Kevin Durant makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)HOU · POR 97, HOU 104
  • Q4 0:09 Jrue Holiday makes 7-foot two point shotPOR · POR 99, HOU 104
  • Q4 0:01 Reed Sheppard makes free throw 1 of 2HOU · POR 99, HOU 105

Linescore

1234 T
POR 34222617 99
HOU 27302029 106

🧮 How They Scored

PORHOU
42Points in the paint64
14Fast-break points15
15Second-chance points16
19Points off turnovers21
20Bench points10
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
47.0%Effective FG%57.2%
12.4%Turnover %20.1%
30.8%Offensive rebound %22.9%
0.446Free-throw rate0.342

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Toumani Camara F 4016626005-134-92-4+4
Jerami Grant F 3821222016-142-57-9-1
Jrue Holiday G 37204101048-182-72-4+13
Donovan Clingan C 25181300125-101-47-11-14
Robert Williams III C-F 238803124-50-10-4+7
Scoot Henderson G 204220021-91-41-2-11
Vit Krejci G 200620000-50-50-0+2
Blake Wesley G 137010022-31-12-3-12
Matisse Thybulle G-F 125114002-41-20-0-7
Sidy Cissoko G 120101010-20-10-0-16

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Kevin Durant F 4020850188-180-14-4+2
Amen Thompson G-F 39267721111-120-04-6+12
Reed Sheppard G 3617361345-143-84-4+7
Alperen Sengun F-C 26286201611-151-15-8+5
Tari Eason F 255502202-60-41-10
Dorian Finney-Smith F 255521002-41-30-0-3
Clint Capela C 222601131-20-00-2+2
Josh Okogie G 150111000-00-00-0+8
Aaron Holiday G 123301001-50-21-1+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Jerami Grant Starter 382158.519.8-3.910.2
Jrue Holiday Starter 372050.626.1+13.112.4
Donovan Clingan Starter 251860.626.6-28.715.3
Toumani Camara Starter 401654.215.2+2.412.4
Scoot Henderson Starter 20420.222.6-31.0-6.1
Robert Williams III Bench 23859.215.8+8.411.5
Blake Wesley Bench 13781.019.4-42.90.0
Matisse Thybulle Bench 12562.513.3-25.025.7
Damian Lillard Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Deni Avdija Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Vit Krejci Bench 2000.09.6+2.70.0
Shaedon Sharpe Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kris Murray Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Sidy Cissoko Bench 1200.010.7-59.3-9.4
Chris Youngblood Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Alperen Sengun Starter 262875.639.3+11.116.0
Amen Thompson Starter 392688.816.7+17.926.1
Kevin Durant Starter 402050.632.9+6.38.7
Reed Sheppard Starter 361753.925.3+10.78.1
Tari Eason Starter 25538.810.7+6.74.6
Dorian Finney-Smith Bench 25562.56.7-3.58.5
Aaron Holiday Bench 12327.616.7+11.28.3
Clint Capela Bench 22234.712.5+7.90.0
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Josh Okogie Bench 1500.00.0+30.95.2
Jabari Smith Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series POR 2 – 2 HOU
Last 21 meetings · since 2020-21 POR 11 – 10 HOU
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Portland Trail Blazers 30-34 L1 L10 4-6 Next game recap: vs IND · Sun, Mar 8
Houston Rockets 39-23 W1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ SAS · Sun, Mar 8

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