Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Houston Rockets	22	25	28	27	102
Portland Trail Blazers	25	32	24	22	103

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Houston Rockets	102	37-99	37.4%	8-36	22.2%	20-29	69.0%	24	73	20	26	8	14	7
Portland Trail Blazers	103	36-83	43.4%	12-40	30.0%	19-25	76.0%	6	51	21	21	7	13	3


Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin Durant^SF	37:24	37	14-26	2-6	7-9	0	4	4	0	0	1	3	2	-3
Jabari Smith Jr.^PF	36:43	6	2-13	1-7	1-1	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	1	1
Steven Adams^C	30:08	7	3-6	0-0	1-2	6	5	11	4	2	2	2	3	3
Tari Eason^SG	30:58	15	5-18	2-8	3-4	6	7	13	3	1	1	3	4	3
Amen Thompson^PG	39:01	24	8-16	1-4	7-11	3	9	12	6	1	2	2	4	6
Josh Okogie	12:52	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	-3
Clint Capela	12:19	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	2	1	1	1	1	-4
Dorian Finney-Smith	14:22	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	4	-4
Reed Sheppard	21:32	8	3-10	1-7	1-2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	4	-5
Aaron Holiday	04:39	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1
JD Davison	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jae’Sean Tate	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Newton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alperen Sengun	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portland Trail Blazers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Sidy Cissoko^SF	16:19	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	6	-12
Toumani Camara^PF	38:45	14	5-10	2-7	2-2	3	3	6	3	2	2	1	6	10
Donovan Clingan^C	31:17	12	5-9	2-6	0-0	1	6	7	3	0	1	0	0	-1
Shaedon Sharpe^SG	34:28	20	7-17	3-6	3-6	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	2	-3
Deni Avdija^PG	39:08	41	13-24	2-9	13-15	0	6	6	2	1	0	5	1	0
Rayan Rupert	17:29	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	5
Caleb Love	28:31	10	4-12	2-6	0-0	1	6	7	4	0	0	2	1	5
Yang Hansen	16:31	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	5	2
Robert Williams III	17:29	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	-1
Javonte Cooke	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerami Grant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jrue Holiday	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Murray	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Duop Reath	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matisse Thybulle	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scoot Henderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Lillard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Wesley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

kindofjustalurker | Trail Blazers

224 | a day ago

The hospital blazers are the most stressful team in the league I can’t do this anymore

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

107 | a day ago

Half of your guards on the sickbed and yall still pull stuff like this, it’s hard to understand.

Different-Mountain58 | Trail Blazers

77 | a day ago

We only beat contenders so congrats to the rockets. You’ve arrived.

Sa-Tiva | Trail Blazers

37 | a day ago

Yes i really enjoyed some of our recent wins over certified contenders like the Jazz, Pelicans, and Mavs

Different-Mountain58 | Trail Blazers

29 | a day ago

We’ve started to diversify our portfolio but for awhile there all we’d beaten was like, Denver and OKC

DreadPirateAlan | Trail Blazers

4 | a day ago

does warriors 3x count? they’re at least 1/3rd of a contender

icecream_for_brunch | Trail Blazers

3 | a day ago

They are exactly 0/3 of a contender

1gnominious | Rockets

7 | a day ago

In the past month we have a loss to the Jazz, Clippers, Pels, Blazers, and TWO to the Mavs.

I’m not sure what that says about either of us.

labamaFan | Trail Blazers

6 | a day ago

Well luckily you likely won’t be seeing any of those teams in the playoffs lol.

Remote_Elevator_281

20 | a day ago

Deni and Sharpe is our point guards now lol

I’m actually fine with it since it gives Deni and Sharpe PG experience, something they never have had

letsbereasonable123 | Trail Blazers

18 | a day ago

More than half. Scoot, Jrue, Blake Wesley and count Dame if you want. Tisse could even be considered a guard too - 22 total games available/played for those 5.

We have 1 healthy guard on an NBA contract in Shaedon. I guess Deni is playing guard now after our injuries, but he’s 6’9 and defends the 3 - 5.

Caleb Love and Sidy Cissoko on two ways are on track to max out their appearances before the end of February and we dont have roster spots to convert them.

labamaFan | Trail Blazers

3 | a day ago

Javonte Cooke is still hanging at the bottom of the roster for some reason. I would’ve said he and Rupert were goners, but with the minutes Rayan has played lately, I think it may be Reath that gets replaced. He’s already lost 3rd string minutes to Hansen.

EatBootyLoveLife | Trail Blazers

1 | a day ago

yeah reath is fun but he’s clearly the odd man out

kindofjustalurker | Trail Blazers

14 | a day ago

I guess when you only have like 9 players available they all have to learn to adapt really fast. It’s been nice to see how hard the available guys play but man there have been so many games where I’ve wished we had a good clutch FT shooter or inbounder LMAO

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

8 | a day ago

next year gotta be fun for yall if your guards recover

beatrailblazer | Trail Blazers

10 | a day ago

At this point, idek if they’re on the sickbed, they’re just MIA. Might be dead. who knows

JuzoItami

6 | a day ago

The camera panned to Scoot on the sidelines in street clothes tonight and a little voice in my brain asked me “Who’s that guy?”

Some of these players have been out so long that - as a fan - they don’t even feel like part of “our guys” anymore. No, “our guys” now are players like Sidy, Love, and even Rupert - something I would never have imagined happening back in September.

Noogyfresh13

5 | a day ago

I wish we had half our guards… shit’s comical at this point.

CompetitiveParfait9 | Trail Blazers

1 | a day ago

It’s crazy right now being a 49ers and Blazers fan where half of both my teams are dead yet they seem to be pulling wins out somehow. Its been a rollercoaster lol

usernamechexx

11 | a day ago

Yes you can. We will get hypertension together.

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

153 | a day ago

We really got a 6’9 All Star in Portland

SeveralMycologist205

78 | a day ago

He’s making 15m for 2 more seasons

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

35 | a day ago

If he wants to stay and they want to keep him, they have to renegotiate his current deal so when his extension comes they can offer him what he would get in the open market.

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

27 | a day ago

It’s just like Tou last year. He is playing way above the contract. While it’s fun in the short-term, you can’t be a serious org and underpay your key guys that badly long-term. So if Deni keeps playing like this, I think they have to hook him up with a raise in the summer, just like they did with Tou last summer.

eddkov | Trail Blazers

11 | a day ago

Deni’s contract situation is a little awkward because we can only extend him up to 115% iirc. He’s worth way more than that.

Either we have to have cap space and renegotiate his contract like Lauri, or we have to wait until he is a FA.

Zibot25767

8 | a day ago

And he deserves every penny lol

SeveralMycologist205

23 | a day ago

He deserves about 3 times as many pennies and he’s getting

usernamechexx

3 | 21 hours ago

Every shekel.

I’m kidding. I love Deni.

Different-Mountain58 | Trail Blazers

22 | a day ago

Joe Cronin saved my life

cbbrds25 | Trail Blazers

-22 | a day ago

We won despite Yang playing

Raven-19x | Spurs

6 | a day ago

Thanks Wizards.

pokexchespin | BOS

7 | a day ago

by god, imagine if you guys had him at any point in the back half of the 2010s when you were struggling to find any wing

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

8 | a day ago

he’s gonna be Dame’s best Blazer teammate imo

jonnylaw | Timberwolves

4 | a day ago

Who are the other options? LMA and CJ?

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

9 | a day ago

…yes?

bigtice | Rockets

118 | a day ago

That single possession with multiple looks at 3 from Eason, Thompson, Durant, Sheppard and Eason again followed by a made open 3 by Camara felt like an omen that this game was already lost.

But shout out to Eason for giving us a chance that was mere miliseconds away from stealing a win.

DrTom | PDX

31 | a day ago

Maybe so but dear God your rebounding is such a huge advantage. We had Time Lord and Clingan looking outmatched, which you basically never see.

Leroy--Brown

12 | a day ago

Yeah I was hoping we could hold our own against the best rebounders in the nba

We couldn’t. Houston could have won based on second looks alone. They’re so dominant on the boards

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

9 | a day ago

Was thinking about this before the game. Adams is possibly the worst matchup in the league for Clingan. One of the few guys who is outright stronger and can move him out of the way. Thinking about that also made me realize that Adams is probably one of the best hypothetical Shaq defenders of this era. He’s insanely strong.

atlasdtalos | Brian Grant

1 | a day ago

shit i would love to see that actually

1gnominious | Rockets

4 | a day ago

And we need every one of those offensive rebounds with our ugly offense.

Leroy--Brown

1 | a day ago

I like watching you guys the past 2 years. You’re scrappy and I respect it. I think you’ll develop something, just need another scorer to fit with KD.

frankievejle | Rockets

1 | a day ago

It’s a legit cheat code but only if guys can knock down their shots when we get 2nd and 3rd opportunities.

SeismicRipFart | Trail Blazers

23 | a day ago

S/o to the refs for giving your team a look at the end there. Apparently shoving Caleb Love into the first row is ‘marginal contact’.

But fr though I hate when teams foul up 3 to give the other team two FTs and I hate that we’re a team that does it.

Zibot25767

24 | a day ago

No shade to Houston – I’m a big fan of that team – but that was a bullshit call by the refs.

LAudre41 | NBA

-8 | a day ago

that was a great play and basketball is better if it isn’t called.

Arr0wmanc3r | POR

23 | a day ago

Felt like that play was a microcosm of how this game went: Blazers outmuscled on the boards, Houston unable to take advantage, and then the Blazers then hit the unlikely shot to cling to the lead.

Over_Struggle_5520

93 | a day ago

Least stress inducing blazer win

NevermoreSEA | POR

25 | a day ago

My heart isn’t ready to see this team in the playoffs.

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

17 | a day ago

Your team is an enigma

spittafan | POR

28 | a day ago

*Our team is an avdija

usernamechexx

5 | a day ago

They cause my angina

ratchetmagn3t

2 | a day ago

They what your what?!?

Different-Mountain58 | Trail Blazers

1 | a day ago

Wrapped in a mystery

JuzoItami

1 | a day ago

Blazer fan going all Churchillian on us here.

Leroy--Brown

1 | a day ago

Wasnt it the nuggets last year who had a crazy good record against teams above .500 but you guys sucked against teams below .500?

That’s apparently us this year. It’s confusing me too.

JonEnterprise | Timberwolves

7 | a day ago

Do you think you can make it over the suns / warriors when Jrue and them come back?

Typical-Review-125

13 | a day ago

Blazers are 3-0 against the Warriors so far this season

Zibot25767

6 | a day ago

The suns are weirdly good unfortunately

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

81 | a day ago

Deni haters look away

carelesssportsfan89 | Spurs

69 | a day ago

deni deserves to be an all star this year with the way he is playing

EatBootyLoveLife | Trail Blazers

14 | a day ago

all nba

t-homas | Trail Blazers

48 | a day ago

Box score watchers will see the free throws and freak out. Dude gets hit every drive

Soupkitchn89 | Trail Blazers

30 | a day ago

He is leading the league in drives per game and FT from drives per game….people just like to whine.

t-homas | Trail Blazers

26 | a day ago

Oh and leads the league in And-1s on top of that

RockCats36 | Rockets

-16 | a day ago

A lot of guys get hit every drive and do not get those calls lol.

Remote_Elevator_281

10 | a day ago

No one drives as much as he does. He has the most drives in the league and it’s not even close.

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/drives?dir=D&sort=DRIVES

And he is getting slapped nearly every drive.

Deni isn’t the one blowing the whistle either. Not sure why you’re blaming him for someone hitting him.

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

10 | a day ago

He drives way more than anyone else so logically he would get more calls

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

82 | a day ago

So close.

Sengun pls get back ASAP

astrothemorkie | Rockets

18 | a day ago

I knew that last put back was late

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

20 | a day ago

Yeah. Rockets could use his rebounding

KillingTime_ForNow | Trail Blazers

10 | a day ago

They outrebounded us by 19 tonight, I think they’re good on the rebounding.

icecream_for_brunch | Trail Blazers

4 | a day ago

woosh

dankq | Rockets

10 | a day ago

Could have really used him inside to disrupt the zone but they couldn’t hit water in an ocean if they wanted to. Also really missing the double big lineup to try and drag bigs like Clingan out more.

Aer0det | Trail Blazers

57 | a day ago

Deni. Fucking. Avdjia.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

55 | a day ago

What a heartbreaking way to lose fir Houston

Avdija should be a All star

dankloser21

31 | a day ago

Avdija should be a All star

Atp that’s a given, and the conversation should shift to maybe all nba. He’s that good. I’m biased tho

Accomplished-Run-108 | Trail Blazers

7 | a day ago

Fr it’s not “should” be at this point he’s clearly a allstar and anyone that disagrees doesn’t watch

fastheadcrab | Raptors

1 | a day ago

Houston’s offense is so inept. I feel like there is going to be a reckoning either later this season or in the playoffs.

Osiris32 | Trail Blazers

49 | a day ago

Deni deserves to be an All Star. And Caleb Love is playing like he wants the 6th man position. I am liking where our team is at right now, lets do it again on Friday!

jamesp420

3 | a day ago

I for one want him in that 6th man position. If he keeps improving like he has been and ups his shot percentage a bit he’ll be a fantastic addition. I loved watching him play at Arizona so it’s been really fun seeing him get minutes and work his ass off.

Osiris32 | Trail Blazers

1 | a day ago

This season he’s averaging 10.⁵⁄₂.⁶⁄₂.3, but over the last five games that’s upped to ¹⁵⁄₄.⁴⁄₃.2. That’s solid 6th man to me.

kidshorty | Trail Blazers

50 | a day ago

So proud of our dudes, resilient AF lately. Imagine when we have even one player back from injury, the play-in gonna hate to see us coming.

SUPER-NIINTENDO | Trail Blazers

39 | a day ago

#NICE TRY REFS. YOU’LL GET EM NEXT TIME

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

29 | a day ago

That overturn was ludicrous

Putrid-Impact8999

41 | a day ago

What a job Tiago Splitter is doing.

astrothemorkie | Rockets

25 | a day ago

he’s an awesome coach. And Deni is an awesome player

EatingEveryEgg

31 | a day ago

Avdija holy smokes

CucklesMcCucksworth

32 | a day ago

Shout out to the refs trying to close this one for Houston in the last 5 seconds.

PM_IF_YOU_LIKE_TRAPS | Trail Blazers

35 | a day ago

Rockets need to feed KD more man he’s still so scary

SeveralMycologist205

13 | a day ago

I don’t think we’ll ever see another KD, he’s genuinely just a 6’11 guard. We say that about a lot of players but it’s never really true.

Prudent_Dependent747 | Rockets

0 | a day ago

… Wemby?

SeveralMycologist205

12 | a day ago

He fits into the latter category. Wemby is extremely skilled for his size but you can tell he’s 7’5. Durant’s handles are worse than they’ve ever been, despite that he’s still on a different level in terms of fluidity and coordination.

Zibot25767

11 | a day ago

Wemby is a 7’5 forward, which is also pretty crazy but different

Connect-Pressure3336 | Suns

3 | a day ago

Absolutely not

revantes | Trail Blazers

12 | a day ago

he already shot 26 times and 9 free throws! lol

PM_IF_YOU_LIKE_TRAPS | Trail Blazers

4 | a day ago

Needs to shoot 40 times with those teammates

1gnominious | Rockets

9 | a day ago

Our problem is we have no point guard. Simply getting him the ball is half the problem, let alone getting him a good match up or open look. A lot of times we end up playing KD at point and even have him bring the ball up the court under pressure. So many times we give him the ball at half court, let him get trapped, and the person who goes to help doesn’t know what to do with the ball.

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

6 | a day ago

I hear ya brother. We’re seeing the same thing over here in Portland with Deni. Deni and Jerami Grant I think were number 2 and 4 on most doubled players this season. People don’t understand how bad the modern nba is without a PG until they’re all gone.

ChimkenNumggets | POR

19 | a day ago

Blazers finding ways to win with essentially no PGs besides Love is wild.

revantes | Trail Blazers

9 | a day ago

deni is more of a PG than Love lol. Caleb is a shooter

AvengingHero2012 | Rockets

24 | a day ago

That one hurts

redwheelbarrow_ | Trail Blazers

13 | a day ago

Milliseconds away for me to comment this instead

FreeHat1234 | Knicks

21 | a day ago

DENI = GOAT

Ottonderg | Rockets

21 | a day ago

Refs really tried to give us that at the end.

And Jabari with 2 for 3 offensive stinkers within the week. Hopefully he pulls it together.

VanwallEnjoy3r | Suns

20 | a day ago

Here come the Blazers

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

19 | a day ago

Least stressful blazers win

Hopsalong | Nuggets

18 | a day ago

How have the Blazers played 4 more games than the Rockets by this point? That seems nuts to me.

fuckswithboats | Suns

7 | a day ago

It’s crazy how the schedule is so lopsided — some teams have only had two back to backs, others have had 5+

SeveralMycologist205

1 | a day ago

I think it’s the in season tournament

KillingTime_ForNow | Trail Blazers

14 | a day ago

We didn’t advance in the tourney though.

wiggggg | Trail Blazers

1 | 20 hours ago

With the hardest schedule

kavolsm

19 | a day ago

Are the Rockets broadcasters always this bias? Sounded like they have a personal bias against the Blazers. What awful broadcasting during the final minutes.

KillingTime_ForNow | Trail Blazers

11 | a day ago

Not sure if they still have Clyde, but he always shat on us when he was on their broadcast. Like ffs bro you played half your career here & we sent you where you wanted to go, maybe don’t shit on us every chance you get.

rtb001 | Trail Blazers

2 | a day ago

Who was on for Houston tonight? It wasn’t Clyde was it. Because that would have been extra hilarious if Drexler is out there being super salty about losing to the Blazers.

sorendiz | HOU

6 | a day ago

Nah Clyde hasn’t been on the cast in years

PBP is Craig Ackerman and color is Ryan Hollins

cbbrds25 | Trail Blazers

17 | a day ago

Yeah we’re getting WAXED next game lmao

s_m_t_x

6 | a day ago

Gotta look nice for the post game celebration

mankindrc | Trail Blazers

1 | a day ago

Lmao A+

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

17 | a day ago

One of the more underrated rivalries in NBA history

Feisty-Landscape-934

25 | a day ago

Blazers vs Refs?

Accomplished-Run-108 | Trail Blazers

6 | a day ago

You know ball

Natural-Bluebird5973 | Trail Blazers

4 | a day ago

For real. Probably my favorite team to play

choonghuh | POR

4 | a day ago

Ah man the good ol playoff Roy vs Yao, Dame vs Harden and Dwight…

BlunderDefect | Spurs

5 | 21 hours ago

Didn’t LA cook them in the playoffs too?

Level-Sun-3366 | Trail Blazers

10 | a day ago

https://media1.tenor.com/m/wh65NGVAtz8AAAAd/call-an-ambulance-but-not-for-me-but-not-for-me.gif

LAudre41 | NBA

10 | a day ago

fun ending.

UnkleAdams247 | Trail Blazers

11 | a day ago

reviews arent so bad when they’re quick

ninerganghk | Warriors

9 | a day ago

²⁰⁄₂₉ from the line in a 1 point loss stings

clarkthagod | MIN

5 | a day ago

Probably won’t be discussed but imagine if the wizards kept Avdija.

Trae-Avdija-Sarr is a top 6 core in the east

atlasdtalos | Brian Grant

6 | a day ago

wizards fans are so tired of this hypothetical lol

Remote_Elevator_281

2 | a day ago

Wizards don’t know how to develop anyone though.

Even Deni has said that the Blazers have been the only team to really let him play.

jamesp420

6 | a day ago

Debi Avdija is my favorite player right now, hands down. Dude is definitely an All-Star

JalenGreen_MIP_25-26 | Rockets

8 | a day ago

All I gotta say is thank GOD Blazers took Scoot over Amen. Can’t imagine what a Deni and Amen team would look like with that Blazers squad

Cheatercheaterbitch | Rockets

4 | a day ago

This offense is so fucking ass man

bhris_cratt321

4 | a day ago

Yall missed a ton of open 3s and Sengun is out. I wouldn’t sweat it tbh

VersionCool588 | Thunder

5 | a day ago

BlaZe Up (Am I doing this right?)

atlasdtalos | Brian Grant

5 | a day ago

nailed it

Zealousideal-Cold246 | Toronto Huskies

3 | a day ago

Atp what is even wrong with Jrue? Hasn’t it been like months with a calf strain? Are they just waiting to trade him or is it really his Achilles?

HenneseyConnoisseur

4 | a day ago

Yang was bad this game

EatBootyLoveLife | Trail Blazers

8 | a day ago

i actually thought that little stretch during the second he was pretty solid

mattdev | POR

4 | a day ago

5 fouls in 17 minutes 🤣

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

3 | a day ago

So many wild finishes to games tonight, and this one did not disappoint.

ChickenNoddaSoup

2 | a day ago

Deni heard y’all lol

MazKhan | Lakers

1 | a day ago

The rockets lose everytime we lose thank y’all ❤️

kapesaumaga | Mavericks

1 | a day ago

Lol. Lakers has been this past 10 or more games yet they’re still at that 3-4 spot.

Sayko77

1 | a day ago

Where is Alphi ?

ElectricalCod8671

1 | a day ago

Next game will be fun as fuck

bli_bla_blubbb | Magic

1 | a day ago

Always great to see KD lose. I wonder if the Rockets don’t win or do well in the playoffs how soon will things turn sour, Durant blaming everyone but himself and demanding a trade. Guy’s a phenomenal basketball player but he seems like such a toxic and awful guy when it comes to off the field matters. His edgy social media persona and alt accounts show us a window into his real personality.

RockCats36 | Rockets

-15 | a day ago

Rockets without a doubt one of the less lucky teams this year. Injury luck and just weird stuff like this happening

s_m_t_x

19 | a day ago

Yeah, this is way worse than having half your team hurt all year, zero PG’s for the last month, and having your coach arrested by the god damn FBI opening night of the season. Houston is so unlucky, how can they stand being being in 5th right now 😒

sorendiz | HOU

3 | a day ago

In fairness we were looking like a legit powerhouse contender after the KD trade and then FVV tears his ACL in a fucking offseason workout and suddenly we’re depressed as fuck going into the season with no real PG

I know you guys have had a rough as fuck run yourselves but, putting bias completely aside, I just think it’s worse to go from potential heavy contender to like fringe contender at best right after you make a trade for an aging player (who’s still a fucking legend but the point is we need to maximize every moment we have).

Like respectfully even if yall still had Chauncey and most or all of your injuries were fixed, would you say you’d be a top 2-3 seed in the West? Imo that’s just not the stage of rebuilding you guys are at yet, even with Deni’s breakout. So I don’t think we’re like the least lucky team or anything by a long shot (hello Denver’s almost completely injured starting lineup) but I do think we’ve had a pretty massive stroke of bad luck at a critical time.

choonghuh | POR

1 | a day ago

Yeah ACL injury that early in the season is awful. Would rather have all my coaches get arrested for gambling.

sorendiz | HOU

2 | a day ago

Bruh he’s our only actual point guard, he’s going to miss the playoffs, and you guys have been complaining about how shit Chauncey is since like 2022. You should be throwing a fucking party over having Tiago instead. Fuck outta here with that shit

choonghuh | POR

1 | a day ago

I’m in full agreement

AutographedSnorkel | Rockets

-17 | a day ago

For a team that’s supposed to be deep, this team isn’t very deep. I don’t think it’s asking too much to beat a bad Blazers team with one starter out

ClerkAdorable8684

15 | a day ago

If you think the Blazers are bad, you clearly don’t know ball.

hansenlxh | Trail Blazers

16 | a day ago

Don’t look now but we’ve won 6 of our past 7, only loss to OKC

Over_Struggle_5520

-5 | a day ago

6 of what?

novs1234

3 | a day ago

One?

atlasdtalos | Brian Grant

4 | a day ago

it is technically one starter but basically the entire bench is out, including two starting-caliber players in Henderson and Grant.

revantes | Trail Blazers

1 | a day ago

i think they were referring to the rockets team

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-17 | a day ago

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OriAr | NBA

16 | a day ago

KD got a foul call more egregious than all of Deni’s calls this season put together tonight.

Literally got an and 1 from 0 contact.

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

12 | a day ago

Now that you’ve posted this exact same thing in another thread you’ll get some upvotes

Witty_Stuff_1055

6 | a day ago

Brother how many times are you going to post this? Also Austin reeves exists

BananaBrownie5000

7 | a day ago

1 comment ever average Deni hater

BreezyAndrew

-39 | a day ago

Ain’t a Rockets fan but that’s heartbreaking. Also feels like a huge robbery.

Vast_Hospital6275

25 | a day ago

Why? They were behind the entire second half and got an extremely debatable challenge success to even give them a chance for the last bucket

rtb001 | Trail Blazers

10 | a day ago

What you didn’t think shoving a dude into the first row equals “marginal contact”?

Illmatic724 | Trail Blazers

13 | a day ago

In what way?

Aestro17 | Trail Blazers

6 | a day ago

Matisse is just pretending to be hurt so he could sneak into the locker room and steal KD’s phone

The long con for the big score

Presence_Present | Bucks

-47 | a day ago

Luka and Deni the new FT merchants this season, good lord

i-race-goats | Rockets

9 | a day ago

Don’t forget Reeves. Interesting.

UnkleAdams247 | Trail Blazers

9 | a day ago

butler

JonEnterprise | Timberwolves

4 | a day ago

League wide Ftr has ballooned this year lmao

Remote_Elevator_281

4 | a day ago

Deni leads the league in drives. Of course he is going to have the most free throws. He is getting slapped all game.

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/drives?dir=D&sort=DRIVES

Presence_Present | Bucks

0 | a day ago

Same thing with SGA but that didnt matter to the narrative haha

Remote_Elevator_281

1 | a day ago

Well SGA won a ring, so it doesn’t even matter lol

The Portland Trail Blazers (18-20) defeat the Houston Rockets (22-12), 103-102.