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Rip City R!SE Entry 5

Posted on December 3, 2012 at 08:07 PM.

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Houston, We Have A Solution

Thomas records first triple-double, leading Blazers to 112-104 victory

Portland Trailblazers at Houston Rockets
Nov 4, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Portland (2-1)	36	21	30	25	112
Houston (0-3)	27	26	27	24	104

Portland Trailblazers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Damian Lillard	33	7-12	0-2	4-4	5	4	1	0	1	18
Wesley Matthews	20	2-6	0-0	1-1	3	3	2	0	1	5
Donte' Thomas	35	7-10	0-1	6-6	11	14	0	0	4	20
J.J. Hickson	33	4-9	0-0	3-4	11	2	1	0	1	11
Lamarcus Aldridge	37	4-10	3-7	0-0	5	2	1	2	0	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Delonte' West	26	7-9	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	15
Randy Foye	22	4-10	3-7	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	11
Jajuan Johnson	15	3-5	0-0	1-3	5	1	0	1	0	7
Tyler Honeycutt	10	1-3	1-1	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Meyers Leonard	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2
Elliot Williams	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Will Barton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		48-85	5-12	17-21	48	27	5	3	8	112

Houston Rockets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jeremy Lin	36	3-7	1-1	3-5	4	3	0	0	0	10
James Harden	39	6-22	3-9	6-6	3	9	2	0	2	21
Chandler Parsons	33	5-9	1-2	0-0	5	4	2	0	1	11
Patrick Patterson	32	7-11	0-1	3-4	5	3	0	0	0	17
Omer Asik	34	3-6	0-0	2-2	10	1	1	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Marcus Morris	17	5-11	0-1	2-3	3	1	0	1	0	12
Carlos Delfino	18	3-4	1-1	2-2	4	5	1	0	1	9
Toney Douglas	15	2-5	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	5
Donatas Montiejunas	15	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Daequan Cook	6	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Terrence Jones	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Aldrich	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		39-84	8-19	18-22	46	29	6	2	6	104

2 Hours Ago by Martellus Clark | ESPNportland
HOUSTON -- The Blazers won their first road game of the season tonight, defeating the Rockets 112-104 in Houston a night after losing in Oklahoma City. Led by Thomas's first triple double of the season {16th of career} the Blazers were able to hold off Houston's late rally attempt, after failing at that task against the Thunder.

The Blazers shot a season-high 52% from the field tonight, and had 6 players in double figures in scoring, including newly signed G Delonte' West (signed for 2 year/8.34 million) who finished with 15 points, on 7-9 shooting. Coach Stotts had this to say about the addition of West.

"He's a great ball player, and he gives us exactly what we need coming off the bench, he can score, he can play defense, and now he gives us another option of our closing lineup as well. He looked good out there, we'll teach him the system, get him a couple plays out there, so I think he'll be fine."

{That closing lineup Coach Stotts is talking about? The Blazers have used a different closing lineup in each game this season. Lakers: Lillard, Matthews, Thomas, Aldridge, Leonard. Thunder: Lillard, Matthews, Thomas, Hickson, Aldridge. Rockets: Lillard, West, Matthews, Thomas, Aldridge.}

The Blazers started the game off on a 9-0 run but couldn't seem to stop the Rockets from scoring runs, giving up multiple 8-0 runs. The Rockets hung around seemingly all game, as the 2nd unit provided them with efficient play, hustle and tough defense, also putting up 36 points in the process.

"We did a good job today of keeping them off the glass, we knew with Asik and Patterson, amongst others, they were gonna crash and possibly get around 15 offensive rebounds, I'm not sure how many they finished with, but our guys did a good job of boxing out and not giving up too many second chance points," Head Coach Terry Stotts said.

"Overall, it's our 3rd consecutive game giving up 100, and I don't like that all. We have to tight up defensively, I'll try to slow the offensive tempo down because we have the tools defensively to keep teams shooting 42-45% and at the same time, we have the tools to be able to score 110 points a game, we have the weapons, so we're going to have to find a balance. We've proved we can win the 110-105 type games, but championship teams don't give up 107 points a game, and that's what we need to not to.

It's a process."

Game Notes
Head Coach Terry Stotts was accessed with a technical foul for arguing with a referee about a non-call in the 3rd quarter.

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