Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
7
5
12
3493
3367
32
14
44
95
46
48
25
20
80
37
17
54
6
26
6
13
17
126
4
117
62
53
2225
128
6
113
113
100
106
35
141
03
85
21
24
4121
6060
104
51
49
2325
1511
65
65
33
51
1110
45
1155
30
94
21
34
3826
6060
11
6
55
22
12
55
11
11
100
10
3
13
0
8
2
2
41
60
7
2
29
25
8
32
3
3
100
6
5
11
3
5
1
4
21
60
10
5
50
23
15
65
6
3
50
11
4
15
3
9
2
3
38
60
4
1
25
25
11
44
5
3
60
10
5
15
0
4
1
4
26
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ryan
Anderson
Ryan Anderson
True
33
4
8
50
3
5
60
2
3
67
2
3
5
1
0
1
0
0
13
19
none
James
Harden
James Harden
True
31
7
17
41
3
8
38
9
11
82
1
11
12
14
3
0
4
3
26
23
triple
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
29
5
8
62
4
6
67
2
2
100
2
5
7
0
1
0
0
0
16
21
none
Clint
Capela
Clint Capela
True
26
7
9
78
0
0
0
1
2
50
2
5
7
1
1
2
3
3
15
15
none
Patrick
Beverley
Patrick Beverley
True
24
5
8
62
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
0
3
0
3
11
11
none
Eric
Gordon
Eric Gordon
False
23
6
15
40
2
7
29
2
3
67
3
2
5
3
0
0
2
3
16
15
none
Montrezl
Harrell
Montrezl Harrell
False
21
4
13
31
0
0
0
1
1
100
4
5
9
3
0
0
2
2
9
2
none
Corey
Brewer
Corey Brewer
False
17
4
8
50
0
1
0
1
1
100
1
2
3
0
1
0
0
2
9
5
none
Sam
Dekker
Sam Dekker
False
16
2
3
67
0
1
0
2
2
100
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
6
-8
none
Tyler
Ennis
Tyler Ennis
False
4
1
2
50
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
-6
none
Bobby
Brown
Bobby Brown
False
4
1
4
25
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
-6
none
K.J.
McDaniels
K.J. McDaniels
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
-6
none
Nenê
Hilário
Nenê Hilário
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
19
November
2016
Saturday
Toyota Center
Houston
Jazz
Utah
True
Trail Blazers
Portland
Western Conference
Northwest
7
6
13
3574
3246
28
10
36
90
41
46
21
17
81
31
10
41
4
24
6
12
19
109
4
57
24
42
2220
1211
55
68
37
54
711
13
724
10
65
02
24
2933
6060
79
22
28
2424
99
4
16
16
100
310
24
334
03
76
13
33
2126
6060
5
2
40
22
12
55
6
3
50
7
1
8
1
6
0
2
29
60
7
4
57
20
11
55
8
7
88
11
3
14
0
5
2
4
33
60
7
2
29
24
9
38
1
1
100
3
2
5
0
7
1
3
21
60
9
2
22
24
9
38
6
6
100
10
4
14
3
6
3
3
26
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CJ
McCollum
CJ McCollum
True
34
11
19
58
1
4
25
3
3
100
2
1
3
4
0
0
4
2
26
-12
none
Damian
Lillard
Damian Lillard
True
33
7
17
41
1
5
20
3
5
60
1
4
5
5
0
1
3
1
18
-24
none
Maurice
Harkless
Maurice Harkless
True
31
8
12
67
3
4
75
0
0
0
2
4
6
0
0
0
1
1
19
-23
none
Mason
Plumlee
Mason Plumlee
True
30
2
5
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
8
7
0
1
1
2
4
-17
none
Allen
Crabbe
Allen Crabbe
True
19
1
5
20
1
3
33
2
2
100
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
5
-11
none
Evan
Turner
Evan Turner
False
27
5
13
38
0
1
0
2
2
100
1
3
4
3
2
0
1
4
12
-18
none
Jake
Layman
Jake Layman
False
16
1
4
25
1
3
33
4
5
80
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
7
3
none
Noah
Vonleh
Noah Vonleh
False
16
3
5
60
1
2
50
2
2
100
0
3
3
0
0
2
0
0
9
5
none
Ed
Davis
Ed Davis
False
12
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
3
3
6
0
1
0
0
5
1
-6
none
Meyers
Leonard
Meyers Leonard
False
5
2
2
100
2
2
100
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
none
Pat
Connaughton
Pat Connaughton
False
5
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
none
Shabazz
Napier
Shabazz Napier
False
5
0
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
2
0
0
0
0
6
none
Tim
Quarterman
Tim Quarterman
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
18
November
2016
Friday
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans
Pelicans
New Orleans
False
The Houston Rockets defeated the visiting Portland Trail Blazers , 126 - 109 , in a high - scoring affair on Thursday evening at Toyota Center . James Harden and the Rockets ( 7 - 5 ) certainly did not let Wednesday 's loss to the Thunder , or the fact that they were playing on the second night of a back - to - back , shake them off their game . Instead , they came out guns - blazing , with a 41 - point first quarter and although they slipped a little in the second , came out of halftime cooking with a 38 - point third quarter . Harden notched his third triple - double of the season , with 26 points , 14 assists and 12 rebounds , in 32 minutes . Meanwhile , Patrick Beverley made his season - debut for Houston , after missing time due to knee surgery . Beverley was featured in Coach Mike D'Antoni 's starting lineup and finished with 11 points , three assists , three blocks and two rebounds , in 25 minutes . The Rockets will have a day off before they host the Jazz on Saturday . The Trail Blazers ( 7 - 6 ) have now lost two games in a row by a combined total of 42 points . Defense has certainly been a problem for Portland as it came into this game averaging 111 points - against this season , the second - worst in the league . The Blazers were out - hustled in this one , giving up 17 offensive rebounds and 25 fast - break points . This was only the third time this season that Damian Lillard did not lead his team in scoring . Lillard finished with 18 points , while C.J . McCollum was the high - point man with 26 . The Trail Blazers had four players score in double figures and nine players score five or more points , but once again their defense let them down . The Blazers will face the second night of a back - to - back as they visit New Orleans to play the Pelicans on Friday . James Harden dominated the box score with his third triple - double of the season , consisting of 26 points , on 7 - of - 17 shooting , 14 assists , 12 rebounds and three steals , in 32 minutes of action . Patrick Beverley notched 11 points on 5 - of - 8 shooting , along with three assists , two rebounds and three blocks in 25 minutes during his season - debut . The Rockets tallied 25 fast break points and shot 14 - of - 32 from long range as their offense clicked on all cylinders . They also pulled down 17 offensive rebounds . Eric Gordon chipped in 16 points on 6 - of - 15 shooting , five rebounds and three assists in 24 minutes off the bench . The Blazers were led by C.J . McCollum , who finished with 26 points on 11 - of - 19 shooting , in 35 minutes . Damian Lillard was relatively quiet , with 18 points , five rebounds and five assists . Maurice Harkless finished with 19 points on 8 - of - 12 shooting , along with six rebounds . Portland was out - scored 56 - 48 in the paint .
The Houston Rockets defeated the visiting Portland Trail Blazers, 126 - 109, in a high - scoring affair on Thursday evening at Toyota Center. James Harden and the Rockets (7 - 5) certainly did not let Wednesday's loss to the Thunder, or the fact that they were playing on the second night of a back - to - back, shake them off their game. Instead, they came out guns - blazing, with a 41 - point first quarter and although they slipped a little in the second, came out of halftime cooking with a 38 - point third quarter. Harden notched his third triple - double of the season, with 26 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds, in 32 minutes. Meanwhile, Patrick Beverley made his season - debut for Houston, after missing time due to knee surgery. Beverley was featured in Coach Mike D'Antoni's starting lineup and finished with 11 points, three assists, three blocks and two rebounds, in 25 minutes. The Rockets will have a day off before they host the Jazz on Saturday. The Trail Blazers (7 - 6) have now lost two games in a row by a combined total of 42 points. Defense has certainly been a problem for Portland as it came into this game averaging 111 points - against this season, the second - worst in the league. The Blazers were out - hustled in this one, giving up 17 offensive rebounds and 25 fast - break points. This was only the third time this season that Damian Lillard did not lead his team in scoring. Lillard finished with 18 points, while C.J. McCollum was the high - point man with 26. The Trail Blazers had four players score in double figures and nine players score five or more points, but once again their defense let them down. The Blazers will face the second night of a back - to - back as they visit New Orleans to play the Pelicans on Friday.
The Houston Rockets defeated the visiting Portland Trail Blazers, 126 - 109, in a high - scoring affair on Thursday evening at Toyota Center. James Harden and the Rockets (7 - 5) certainly did not let Wednesday's loss to the Thunder, or the fact that they were playing on the second night of a back - to - back, shake them off their game. Instead, they came out guns - blazing, with a 41 - point first quarter and although they slipped a little in the second, came out of halftime cooking with a 38 - point third quarter. Harden notched his third triple - double of the season, with 26 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds, in 32 minutes. Meanwhile, Patrick Beverley made his season - debut for Houston, after missing time due to knee surgery. Beverley was featured in Coach Mike D'Antoni's starting lineup and finished with 11 points, three assists, three blocks and two rebounds, in 25 minutes. The Rockets will have a day off before they host the Jazz on Saturday. The Trail Blazers (7 - 6) have now lost two games in a row by a combined total of 42 points. Defense has certainly been a problem for Portland as it came into this game averaging 111 points - against this season, the second - worst in the league. The Blazers were out - hustled in this one, giving up 17 offensive rebounds and 25 fast - break points. This was only the third time this season that Damian Lillard did not lead his team in scoring. Lillard finished with 18 points, while C.J. McCollum was the high - point man with 26. The Trail Blazers had four players score in double figures and nine players score five or more points, but once again their defense let them down. The Blazers will face the second night of a back - to - back as they visit New Orleans to play the Pelicans on Friday. James Harden dominated the box score with his third triple - double of the season, consisting of 26 points, on 7 - of - 17 shooting, 14 assists, 12 rebounds and three steals, in 32 minutes of action. Patrick Beverley notched 11 points on 5 - of - 8 shooting, along with three assists, two rebounds and three blocks in 25 minutes during his season - debut. The Rockets tallied 25 fast break points and shot 14 - of - 32 from long range as their offense clicked on all cylinders. They also pulled down 17 offensive rebounds. Eric Gordon chipped in 16 points on 6 - of - 15 shooting, five rebounds and three assists in 24 minutes off the bench. The Blazers were led by C.J. McCollum, who finished with 26 points on 11 - of - 19 shooting, in 35 minutes. Damian Lillard was relatively quiet, with 18 points, five rebounds and five assists. Maurice Harkless finished with 19 points on 8 - of - 12 shooting, along with six rebounds. Portland was out - scored 56 - 48 in the paint.
<GAME> <DATE> 17 November 2016 <DAY> Thursday <STADIUM> Toyota Center <CITY> Houston <HOME> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 126 <WINS-LOSSES> 7 5 <QTRS> 41 21 38 26 <TEAM-AST> 26 <3PT> 14 <TEAM-FG> 46 <TEAM-FT> 20 <TEAM-REB> 54 <TEAM-TO> 13 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 19 November 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Toyota Center <NEXT-CITY> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Utah <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Jazz <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Trail Blazers <CITY> Portland <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 109 <WINS-LOSSES> 7 6 <QTRS> 29 33 21 26 <TEAM-AST> 24 <3PT> 10 <TEAM-FG> 41 <TEAM-FT> 17 <TEAM-REB> 41 <TEAM-TO> 12 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 18 November 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Smoothie King Center <NEXT-CITY> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pelicans <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 26 <FG> 7 17 41 <FG3> 3 8 38 <FT> 9 11 82 <REB> 12 <AST> 14 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 11 <OREB> 1 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> triple <PLAYER> Eric Gordon <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 15 40 <FG3> 2 7 29 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 3 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 16 <FG> 5 8 62 <FG3> 4 6 67 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Clint Capela <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 15 <FG> 7 9 78 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ryan Anderson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 13 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Patrick Beverley <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 11 <FG> 5 8 62 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Corey Brewer <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Montrezl Harrell <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 13 31 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 9 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 4 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sam Dekker <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Ennis <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Bobby Brown <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nenê Hilário <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> K. J. McDaniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> CJ McCollum <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 26 <FG> 11 19 58 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Maurice Harkless <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 19 <FG> 8 12 67 <FG3> 3 4 75 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Damian Lillard <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 17 41 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 3 5 60 <REB> 5 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Evan Turner <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 13 38 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Noah Vonleh <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jake Layman <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 7 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Meyers Leonard <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Allen Crabbe <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 5 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mason Plumlee <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 8 <AST> 7 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pat Connaughton <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ed Davis <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tim Quarterman <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Shabazz Napier <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 4 0 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 4 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none