Portland Trail Blazers @ Houston Rockets
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX | Game ID: 22400031
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 31 34 31 20 116POR 20 25 28 15 88
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Dillon Brooks scores a season-high 28 to lead the Rockets past the Trail Blazers 116-88
HOUSTON -- — Dillon Brooks scored a season-high 28 points and led the Houston Rockets to a 116-88 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in an NBA Cup game on Friday night.
Brooks matched a career-high with six 3-pointers on eight attempts, and the Rockets made 15 of 39 (38.5%) from beyond the arc.
Tari Eason scored 22 points off the bench, Jalen Green had 17 and Alperen Sengun added 14 as the Rockets won for the seventh time in eight games. Six of those wins were by double figures. Houston is 2-0 in NBA Cup play
For Portland, Deni Avdija and Shaedon Sharpe scores 13 points apiece and Toumani Camara had 11.
Portland has lost two straight games to open a four-game trip. They previously won three straight at home. The Trail Blazers are 1-1 in the in-season tournament.
Takeaways Trail Blazers: Portland was missing two of its five leading scorers in Scoot Henderson , out for the first time with a left quad contusion, and Deandre Ayton , who remained sidelined with a deep contusion in his right index finger.
Rockets: Houston, at 12-5, has outscored opponents by 163 points through 17 games, the highest total through the first 17 games of a season in franchise history. The previous record of 131 was held by the defending champion 1996-97 Rockets, who started the season 15-2.
Key moment The Rockets were trailing early when Eason checked in and provided a spark, scoring 12 points in an energetic 13 minutes in the first half. Eason finished with a game-best plus-minus of +33 points.
Key stat Houston outscored Portland 23-7 in fast-break points and generated 28 points off Portland’s 21 turnovers.
Up next The Trail Blazers and the Rockets will meet again Saturday night in Houston for the second half of a back-to-back.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrSeJrVa 7 9 -1 3 11 27 2 7 29 1 3 33 1 5 6 2 2 0 3 0
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrEaSeThVa 2 8 +5 2 5 40 0 1 0 2 2 100 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
HOU Brooks, Eason, Sengun, Thompson, VanVleet
in Eason, Thompson
out Ja. Green, Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AdBrEaThVa 1 3 -1 1 2 50 1 1 100 2 2 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
HOU Adams, Brooks, Eason, Thompson, VanVleet
in Adams
out Sengun
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AdEaGrShTh 6 22 +13 7 9 78 3 5 60 2 3 67 0 3 3 4 2 1 1 2
HOU Adams, Eason, Ja. Green, Sheppard, Thompson
in Ja. Green, Sheppard
out Brooks, VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
EaSeJrThVa 3 7 -2 3 7 43 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
HOU Eason, Sengun, Smith Jr., Thompson, VanVleet
in Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
out Adams, Ja. Green, Sheppard
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrSeJrThVa 1 2 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
HOU Brooks, Sengun, Smith Jr., Thompson, VanVleet
in Brooks
out Eason
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrSeJrVa 2 5 0 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Ja. Green
out Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrEaGrSeVa 2 9 +6 3 3 100 1 1 100 1 2 50 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1
HOU Brooks, Eason, Ja. Green, Sengun, VanVleet
in Eason
out Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGrSeJrVa 7 16 -5 7 16 44 2 3 67 0 0 0 4 4 8 4 0 0 2 5
HOU Brooks, Ja. Green, Sengun, Smith Jr., VanVleet
in Smith Jr.
out Eason
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrEaSeThVa 2 10 +8 3 3 100 2 2 100 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1
HOU Brooks, Eason, Sengun, Thompson, VanVleet
in Eason, Thompson
out Ja. Green, Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AdEaGrShTh 6 9 +3 4 12 33 0 5 0 1 2 50 2 7 9 2 3 2 4 1
HOU Adams, Eason, Ja. Green, Sheppard, Thompson
in Adams, Ja. Green, Sheppard
out Brooks, Sengun, VanVleet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AdHoShTaTh 1 3 -1 1 3 33 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
HOU Adams, Holiday, Sheppard, Tate, Thompson
in Holiday, Tate
out Eason, Ja. Green
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrShTaTh :58 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 2
HOU Holiday, J. Green, Sheppard, Tate, Thompson
in J. Green
out Adams
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrLaShTa 3 4 0 2 4 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
HOU Holiday, J. Green, Landale, Sheppard, Tate
in Landale
out Thompson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HoGrLaMcTa 4 7 +2 2 7 29 2 6 33 1 2 50 1 5 6 2 1 1 3 1
HOU Holiday, J. Green, Landale, McVeigh, Tate
in McVeigh
out Sheppard
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaClGrShSi 5 8 +2 3 7 43 2 5 40 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 2
POR Camara, Clingan, Grant, Sharpe, Simons
in Camara, Clingan, Grant, Sharpe, Simons
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvCaGrSiIi 3 2 -1 1 5 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 2
POR Avdija, Camara, Grant, Simons, Williams III
in Avdija, Williams III
out Clingan, Sharpe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvBaGrMuIi 3 7 -4 2 4 50 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2
POR Avdija, Banton, Grant, Murray, Williams III
in Banton, Murray
out Camara, Simons
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvBaClMuSh 2 3 -5 1 4 25 0 1 0 1 2 50 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
POR Avdija, Banton, Clingan, Murray, Sharpe
in Clingan, Sharpe
out Grant, Williams III
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvBaMuShIi 1 0 -6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
POR Avdija, Banton, Murray, Sharpe, Williams III
in Williams III
out Clingan
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvCaMuSiIi 3 6 -2 3 6 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1
POR Avdija, Camara, Murray, Simons, Williams III
in Camara, Simons
out Banton, Sharpe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvCaGrSiIi 1 4 +1 1 2 50 1 2 50 1 2 50 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
POR Avdija, Camara, Grant, Simons, Williams III
in Grant
out Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaCaGrShIi 2 5 +1 2 2 100 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
POR Banton, Camara, Grant, Sharpe, Williams III
in Banton, Sharpe
out Avdija, Simons
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvCaGrReSh 2 5 -1 2 5 40 0 1 0 1 1 100 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
POR Avdija, Camara, Grant, Reath, Sharpe
in Avdija, Reath
out Banton, Williams III
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaGrReShSi 2 5 -5 1 6 17 0 2 0 3 3 100 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2
POR Camara, Grant, Reath, Sharpe, Simons
in Simons
out Avdija
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaClGrShSi 3 5 -5 2 8 25 1 4 25 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1
POR Camara, Clingan, Grant, Sharpe, Simons
in Clingan
out Reath
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvCaGrShSi 4 16 +5 4 5 80 2 2 100 6 6 100 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 1
POR Avdija, Camara, Grant, Sharpe, Simons
in Avdija
out Clingan
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvBaGrShIi 1 2 -3 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
POR Avdija, Banton, Grant, Sharpe, Williams III
in Banton, Williams III
out Camara, Simons
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AvBaMuRuIi 4 5 0 1 7 14 0 3 0 3 4 75 2 5 7 0 1 0 3 2
POR Avdija, Banton, Murray, Rupert, Williams III
in Murray, Rupert
out Grant, Sharpe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ClMoMuRuWa 6 6 -3 2 12 17 1 7 14 1 2 50 3 4 7 1 2 1 4 0
POR Clingan, Moore, Murray, Rupert, Walker
in Clingan, Moore, Walker
out Avdija, Banton, Williams III
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
MoMuReRuWa 6 9 -2 4 14 29 1 7 14 0 0 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 3 2
POR Moore, Murray, Reath, Rupert, Walker
in Reath
out Clingan
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PORAS A. Simons
DA D. Avdija
DB D. Banton
DC D. Clingan
DR D. Reath
JG J. Grant
JW J. Walker
KM K. Murray
RR R. Rupert
RW R. Williams III
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
TM T. Moore
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
JL J. Landale
JM J. McVeigh
JS J. Smith Jr.
JT J. Tate
JG Ja. Green
RS R. Sheppard
SA S. Adams
TE T. Eason
POR/HOU the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur