Houston Rockets @ Portland Trail Blazers
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Moda Center, Portland, OR | Game ID: 22400591
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
POR 23 27 24 29 103HOU 25 26 36 38 125
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Jalen Green leads Rockets with 26 points in 125-103 victory over Trail Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. -- — Jalen Green scored 26 points and the Houston Rockets beat Portland 125-103 on Saturday night, the Trail Blazers' fifth straight loss.
Alperen Sengun had 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets.
Scoot Henderson had 21 points and 11 assists off the bench for the Blazers. Toumani Camara added 17 points.
Fred VanVleet started for the Rockets and finished with nine points after missing Thursday's 132-127 loss to Sacramento for personal reasons. That defeat snapped Houston's five-game winning streak.
Jerami Grant started for Portland after a facial contusion sidelined him for the last nine games. He finished with seven points.
The Rockets led by as many as nine points early, but Anfernee Simons hit a 3-pointer that put the Blazers up 31-29 midway through the second quarter. Houston held a 51-50 edge at halftime.
Sengun's driving layup touched off a 15-0 run that gave the Rockets a 70-56 lead in the third quarter.
Takeaways Rockets: Amen Thompson did not play because of left calf soreness. ... Sengun scored six of Houston’s first 10 points. ... The Rockets out-rebounded Portland 61-40.
Trail Blazers: Deni Avdija missed a third game because of a right ankle sprain. Deandre Ayton was out with lower back soreness. ... Robert Williams III had three blocks.
Key moment Green and Dillon Brooks made back-to-back 3-pointers during Houston's big run in the third quarter. Anfernee Simon's layup for Portland finally ended it, but Portland couldn't recover.
Key stat Sengun had 14 points in the third quarter and was 6 of 9 from the field. For the game, he was 10 of 19.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PORAS A. Simons
BM B. McGowens
DB D. Banton
DR D. Reath
JG J. Grant
JW J. Walker
KM K. Murray
MI Minaya
RR R. Rupert
RW R. Williams III
SH S. Henderson
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
CW C. Whitmore
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
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