Blazers Blow 21-Point Lead To Fall To Rockets, 119-105

季后赛氛围周四是Moda Centre的主题，因为休斯顿火箭队从21分回来，让波特兰径在倒塌的崩溃中，从赛季早期带回烦躁的回忆，并成为最大的赛季最大的吹出领导。

波特兰站立赢得火箭队的潜在定位决定的纠正者，并赢得了西部会议的崛起，胜利，而是将拆分季节系列，也许会给休斯顿的新生活。

The Blazers were led by Damian Lillard (23 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds), CJ McCollum (20 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists) and Al-Farouq Aminu (13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists).

火箭队由詹姆斯哈登的主导表现（44分，8次助攻，5个篮板）和德怀特霍华德（19分，13个篮板）领导。

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休斯顿对这场比赛的关注是显而易见的，从一开始，调整他们的防守分配，将Rangy Trevor Ariza切换到Lillard和令人讨厌的Patrick Beverly进入麦考罗姆。随着Lillard在Lillard在Lillard钻了一条直接的三分之三的三分之一的第一季度，波特兰在第一季度努力获得评分，转变是有效的。

Howard was a bull in a China shop, pounding the ball inside, sometimes against two or three Blazer defenders but managed to be held to just four points in the period, which Portland would readily take. Harden bombed away to eight points in a relatively passive role.

Lillard在八分和五次助攻时，他悄悄地解剖了火箭队的防守 - 在托尼帕克的旋转旋转旋转之后的漂亮的上篮坡度将Moda Center Crowd脚踏实地带到其脚下，给了燃烧器29-26铅。然后莫里斯哈克将在蜂鸣器中钉在一起，双倍祈祷。

End of First: Portland 34, Houston 28

休斯顿的强度未能进入第二季度，因为波特兰开辟了铅，从未回头过去。麦考罗姆和杰拉尔德亨德森早早热，击倒背靠背三分球在此期间早期延伸到九九。

Meanwhile, the Rockets looked completely disjointed, showing signs of the chemistry issues which have plagued national headlines as of late. The Blazers managed to capitalize on some careless passes and generally disrupted Houston's offensive flow. At one point Harden was merely walking up the court and firing away contested threes as Portland pulled away with a 21-6 run.

Lillard checked back in and continued to run the show - drawing a key charging call against Harden late in the half and coolly hitting two pairs of free throws in the final minutes to keep the Blazers firmly in charge heading into the locker room.

Halftime: Portland 64, Houston 49

来自McCollum和Aminu的三分之一推动波特兰的领先领先于72-51，但在第三次时，西装外套将开始失去一些蒸汽。火箭队推出了更新的强度，这是一种灵感的防御性，给了波特兰的适合。

Harden began to find ways to slither himself into the paint, and Jason Terry connected on back-to-back jumpers to pull Houston within 10 at 85-75. Minutes later, Harden's step-back from the left elbow closed the gap to single-digits, and followed it up with two back-breaking threes to claw within just five. In all, Harden had 15 points in the quarter and single-handedly kept the Rockets in the game.

A running jumper from Henderson in the closing seconds restored a bit of order, but it was clear Houston wouldn't go down without a fight.

End of Third: Portland 93, Houston 86

如果事情末期趋于下降f the third, they just about bottomed-out during the final frame, when the Blazers went ice-cold as Harden continued his personal dismantling of the Portland defense. There was nothing Portland could do to slow him down, as he slashed, posted-up and faded to give the Rockets their first lead since the first quarter at 97-95 with 7:15 remaining.

如果他们甚至鼓舞着拍摄的尝试，那件开拓者很幸运，因为来自休斯顿的防守者和邋pay的刺痛，散发出来的速度。一位核心酿酒师三延伸到五个，从Plumlee分裂罚球后，aminu被酿酒者偷了他的酿酒者，他在另一端犯规。火箭在地板的两端都彻底控制。

缺乏任何相识的节奏，波特兰只能袖手旁观，因为休斯顿继续将炽热的人翻转自己的面孔，并遇到日落。由于火箭紧紧抓到八分之一，剩下三分钟，波特兰为1-8，第四季度六次失误;这只是不会完成它。

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- Ryan Rosback |ripcity.rosback@gmail.com |Twitter

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