[Guide] In the second back-to-back away game, the Houston Rockets defeated Portland by 15 points.
For the Trail Blazers, Howard scored 29 points, the highest in the history of joining the Rockets.
On November 6th, , the Houston Rockets played the second back-to-back game away against the Portland Trail Blazers. In the end, the Rockets easily defeated the Trail Blazers 116-101, and also ended their three-game streak.
In this game, Dwight Howard scored a Rockets career-high 29 points and 13 rebounds. James Harden contributed a game-high 33 points and 7 rebounds. Jeremy Lin scored 12 points and 4 assists.
Beverly, who returned from injury, also scored 12 points.
For tonight’s victory, the Rockets coach said it was not easy, James and Howard performed very well.
“Tonight’s game is not a simple victory for us. You have to know that we have played 4 games in 5 days, and there are three consecutive away games. We only got here at 3 o’clock in the morning last night.
A difficult game, but we still got the final victory, James and Dwight’s performance was really wonderful.” Rockets coach McHale said.
Howard’s accumulated grievances in Los Angeles were all vented in this game. Not only did he get a high score, but he also helped his teammates with a good performance. After the game, his teammates were full of praise for Howard’s performance.
“Howard makes every teammate’s game easier, he attracts double-teams, he passes the ball well, sets dominate, he can score, it can do everything.” Harden said.
“Howard is the best defensive player in the league. Howard and Beverly are the anchors of our team’s defense.” Caspi said.
On the contrary, the Blazers were quite helpless about the loss of this game.
“They’re the kind of team that when they hit you with a little climax, it’s easy for them to get a lot of points,” the Blazers coach said.