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Portland Trail Blazers
6-3 overall · 5-1 on the road
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7-3 overall · 4-1 at home
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RocketsOffense
Trail BlazersDefense

The Rockets rank 2nd in the NBA in offensive rating (117.1), and the Trail Blazers rank 17th in defensive rating (111.6). A good spot for the offense against a middle-of-the-pack defense.

League average is 110.9, so the Rockets are 6.2 above it. Alperen Sengun leads them with 21.5 points a game on 59.0% true shooting.

Deni AvdijaTop scorer · POR
Alperen SengunTop scorer · HOU
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Trail Blazers6-3
Rockets7-3
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Team vs team

Season before this game (POR 9 games, HOU 10). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

PORHOU
Scoring
119.33rd · Top 5
Points per game
NBA avg 113.3
116.011th · Average
113.816th · Average
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.4
107.06th · Above avg
+5.610th · Above avg
Point margin
NBA avg -0.1
+9.04th · Top 5
Efficiency
115.76th · Above avg
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.9
117.12nd · Top 5
111.617th · Average
Defensive rating
NBA avg 111.0
107.38th · Above avg
+4.112th · Average
Net rating
NBA avg +0.0
+9.92nd · Top 5
102.512th
Pace
NBA avg 102.1
99.427th
Shooting
56.2%3rd · Top 5
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.2%
55.2%6th · Above avg
60.2%3rd · Top 5
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.1%
59.6%5th · Top 5
15.16th · Above avg
Threes made
NBA avg 13.1
12.718th · Average
35.6%13th · Average
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.7%
37.6%7th · Above avg
0.372nd · Top 5
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.3010th · Above avg
Defense
51.5%11th · Average
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.2%
52.7%14th · Average
7.324th · Below avg
Steals
NBA avg 8.4
8.910th · Above avg
4.819th · Average
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
6.15th · Top 5
Possessions
15.8%23rd · Below avg
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.8%
14.7%17th · Average
29.5%9th · Above avg
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.5%
31.5%6th · Above avg
45.29th · Above avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.1
44.014th · Average
26.217th · Average
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
26.911th · Average

Recent form

Portland Trail Blazers
WWWLL

Last 5: average margin +3.0 (season +5.6). Streak L2.

Houston Rockets
LWWLL

Last 5: average margin +3.8 (season +9.0). Streak L2.

Key players

Portland Trail Blazers
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Deni AvdijaF 22.36.46.357.4
Damian LillardG 19.43.24.459.9
Ja MorantG 15.82.55.562.2
Toumani CamaraF 13.13.41.169.1
Houston Rockets
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Alperen SengunF-C 21.58.87.859.0
Kevin DurantF 20.85.73.164.9
Jabari Smith Jr.F 17.36.42.366.2
Amen ThompsonG-F 15.66.53.056.4

Injury report

Portland Trail Blazers
Ja Morant G · back ~12/1 Out
Shaedon Sharpe G · back ~3/2 Out
Vit Krejci G · back ~1/2 Out
Robert Williams III C-F · back ~11/10 Day-To-Day
Houston Rockets
Clint Capela C · Right Ankle Sprain · back ~11/11 Out
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C · Illness · back ~11/11 Out
Steven Adams C · Right Soleus Strain · back ~11/11 Out

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.

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