Saturday night, the Portland Trail Blazers came out and delivered possibly the team’s best all-around performance of the season in a 110-101 home win over the Houston Rockets. Assists were up (27 – season average 16) turnovers were down (9 – season average 14.3) and a Blazers squad that has been shredded by opposing offenses all season stepped up defensively, particularly against James Harden. While The Beard finished with 38 points, he shot 13-35 from the floor (37.1%) and was pestered by both Evan Turner and Al-Farouq Aminu for most of the contest.
Blazers’ Big Three Leads Portland Past James Harden, Houston
