Home » Sports » Basketball
Portland gets OT win over Rockets
Source: Agencies |
November 5, 2012, Monday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
ROOKIE Damian Lillard scored 20 points, including eight in overtime, and the Portland Trail Blazers slowed down James Harden in a 95-85 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.
Lillard and Nicolas Batum each made a 3 to help Portland open an 87-81 lead early in overtime. Harden then made a pair of free throws before Lillard converted a reverse layup.
His second 3 of overtime pushed Portland's lead to 93-85 with 1:25 remaining.
Harden led the Rockets with 24 points in his home debut, but he wasn't as dominant as he was in the first two games. He scored 37 and a career-high 45 points in his first two games after he was acquired in a deal with Oklahoma City last week.
LaMarcus Aldridge added 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Trail Blazers. Wesley Matthews had 16 points, and J.J. Hickson added nine points and 12 rebounds.
Jeremy Lin had 13 points and seven assists in his home debut for the Rockets, who lost for the first time this season.
The game was tied with 1:17 to go before Lin made a layup while being fouled by Hickson. He sunk the free throw to give Houston an 81-78 lead.
Matthews tied it again with a 3 with just under a minute left. Houston had a chance to win it in regulation, but Portland knocked the ball out of Harden's hands seconds before the buzzer.
Defending champions the Miami Heat bounced back from a defeat in New York the night before to beat the winless Denver Nuggets 119-116.
Ray Allen's four-point play with 6.7 seconds left proved the difference and sent Denver to its third straight loss to start the season. Chris Bosh was dominant with 40 points, while LeBron James finished with 20 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and Allen scored 23 for the Heat.
The Boston Celtics got their season started by downing the under-manned Washington Wizards 89-86, with Paul Pierce scoring 27 points for the Celtics.
In Dallas, O.J. Mayo scored 30 points to keep the Dallas Mavericks unbeaten against the Charlotte Bobcats, 126-99.
Mayo made a career-high seven 3-pointers, including one that put the Mavericks ahead for good late in the second quarter as Dallas improved to 16-0 all-time against Charlotte.
The Indiana Pacers needed two overtime periods to see off the Portland Trailblazers.
Lillard and Nicolas Batum each made a 3 to help Portland open an 87-81 lead early in overtime. Harden then made a pair of free throws before Lillard converted a reverse layup.
His second 3 of overtime pushed Portland's lead to 93-85 with 1:25 remaining.
Harden led the Rockets with 24 points in his home debut, but he wasn't as dominant as he was in the first two games. He scored 37 and a career-high 45 points in his first two games after he was acquired in a deal with Oklahoma City last week.
LaMarcus Aldridge added 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Trail Blazers. Wesley Matthews had 16 points, and J.J. Hickson added nine points and 12 rebounds.
Jeremy Lin had 13 points and seven assists in his home debut for the Rockets, who lost for the first time this season.
The game was tied with 1:17 to go before Lin made a layup while being fouled by Hickson. He sunk the free throw to give Houston an 81-78 lead.
Matthews tied it again with a 3 with just under a minute left. Houston had a chance to win it in regulation, but Portland knocked the ball out of Harden's hands seconds before the buzzer.
Defending champions the Miami Heat bounced back from a defeat in New York the night before to beat the winless Denver Nuggets 119-116.
Ray Allen's four-point play with 6.7 seconds left proved the difference and sent Denver to its third straight loss to start the season. Chris Bosh was dominant with 40 points, while LeBron James finished with 20 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and Allen scored 23 for the Heat.
The Boston Celtics got their season started by downing the under-manned Washington Wizards 89-86, with Paul Pierce scoring 27 points for the Celtics.
In Dallas, O.J. Mayo scored 30 points to keep the Dallas Mavericks unbeaten against the Charlotte Bobcats, 126-99.
Mayo made a career-high seven 3-pointers, including one that put the Mavericks ahead for good late in the second quarter as Dallas improved to 16-0 all-time against Charlotte.
The Indiana Pacers needed two overtime periods to see off the Portland Trailblazers.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
