One night after a soul-crushing loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the final seconds of regulation, the Portland Trail Blazers took the Houston Rockets to overtime and claimed a 137-131 victory. Jerami Grant hit a huge three-pointer at the fourth-quarter buzzer to tie the game. He’d end up with 21 points. But he was aided by veteran teammates working in concert to assure that Portland would not drop two heartbreakers in a row.
If you missed the action, you can read our quarter-by-quarter recap here. After that, here are some other observations from the game.