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The波特兰开拓者击倒Houston Rockets128-126在加时赛中，在Moda中心对决中应有球迷。CJ McCollum还剩六秒的时间击中了一名冠军，在当晚的职业生涯最高的九分三分之后。麦考卢姆（McColum）得分44分，助攻8分。达米安·利拉德（Damian Lillard）以32分排名第二。Jusuf Nurkic获得了12分和11个篮板的双双。

The Rockets, who were shorthanded in this one, also saw impressive performances from James Harden and Christian Wood. Harden had 44 points and 17 assists while Wood had 31 points and 13 boards.

First Quarter

Portland looked significantly stronger to start this game, working the two-man game on offense and attacking aggressively. Lillard hit two early threes. Both he and McCollum found Jusuf Nurkic often in the post. The Bosnian Beast had a good mismatch down low, with Christian Wood not quite strong enough to handle Nurkic. On the other end, however, Houston found several easy buckets. Portland usually sent a player and a half guarding Harden, but he just diced Portland for easy assists to Wood and others. Harden had eight assists in the quarter as Houston shot 63.2% from the field, but Portland only trailed by four — 31-27 — at the end of the first.

第二季度

Portland’s second unit started the next quarter, and they struggled at first. Carmelo Anthony failed to find a rhythm on offense and was lackadaisical on defense. Houston pushed the ball early and often, only getting stronger once Harden checked back in. He either pushed it in transition or pick-and-rolled Portland to death. The Harden-Wood combo was significantly more effective than anything Portland could counter with, and the result was a first-half double-double for Harden and 15 easy points for Wood. Luckily, Dame was aggressive in hunting baskets, scoring 21 points in the half, keeping Houston’s lead at 68-58. It easily could’ve been worse.

Third Quarter

波特兰推出了一种紧迫感开始the second half. The defensive intensity got upped and they were able to capitalize on Houston’s mistakes. McCollum went on one of his patented “Three-J” hot streaks and all of a sudden Portland was back in it. CJ had 14 points in the quarter, including four threes. Without McCollum’s streak and Derrick Jones Jr.’s defense, Portland would have been dead in the water. Jones was vital to holding the Rockets to zero made threes in the third quarter. That helped Portland close the gap to 85-84 with one to play.

Fourth Quarter

开拓者队将动力进入第四。小琼斯（Jones Jr.将其与Dame再次找到他的投篮相结合，McCollum保持炎热，您有第四季度接管的食谱。开拓者采取了理想的状态，利拉德（Lillard）和麦考勒姆（McCollum）使用重力来吸引防守者并找到队友。但是哈登和伍德不会让波特兰轻松获胜。他们继续成功地攻击边缘。随着比赛的并列113，Lillard试图在P.J. Tucker上进行比赛以结束比赛，但这并不好。加班迫在眉睫。

随着时间的推移

团队将额外的时期交易桶互相花费。麦考勒姆击中了肘部跳投，哈登毫不费力地回应了自己的镜头。夫人向琼斯扔了一个惊人的小球，但​​伍德回应了邮政。哈登不会让休斯顿休息，还剩下15秒的时间，在卡温顿击中了三分之一的签名后卫，使得休斯顿的比分为126-125。但是麦考勒姆不会消失。他在剩下六秒钟的情况下从莉拉德菜中击中了自己的三个，以夺回领先。哈登（Harden）在最后的财产中将其移开，波特兰（Portland）获得了今年的首场胜利，即128-126。

The First Lillard-McCollum explosion of the year

利拉德（Lillard）在开幕之夜与犹他州爵士乐在上半场无点之后，只能得分9分。他在中途有21个，并从那里构建了它。女士喜欢在上半场感觉到比赛，但是如果波特兰将在防守上挣扎，他们需要利拉德（Lillard）不要害怕追捕早期的投篮。他是驱动一切的引擎。他越早可以定下基调，越好。

没有麦克科勒姆就不会发生重大卷土重来。当玩家变得比CJ时，很少有玩家更诱人，这是波特兰所需的确切版本。他绝对不可阻挡，这破坏了休斯顿通过与球脱下绝对的巫术来淘汰这场比赛的机会。利拉德（Lillard）早早将波特兰（Portland）留在了比赛中，但麦考勒姆（McCollum）是一个称其为此的人。

国防，国防，防御...

Portland’s defense had more holes than Swiss cheese in the first half. Things got better in the second. Harden is already fantastic when generating points for himself. Generating for others makes him a deity. Against Portland he was unstoppable. The Blazers had to shade Harden with an extra defender at every point, but it never mattered because he either found Wood or scored for himself.

This game showed that Portland has the potential to be at least an average team defensively. Robert Covington and Derrick Jones Jr. were supposed help on that end. It finally happened in the second half. Jones impressed while taking on arguably the hardest assignment in the NBA in Harden. Covington was valuable off the ball. If Nurkic ever truly gets back into game shape, this team can be alright on defense; they just have to put together a consistent effort for 48 minutes.

阵容更改

为了汇总一致的48分钟，必须进行更改。一个人正在变得清晰：Melo和Enes Kanter不应在一起。两者都对防守感到恐惧。安东尼的进攻斗争只会使波特兰面临的问题更加复杂。根据ESPN的凯文·佩尔顿（Kevin Pelton）的说法，安东尼·坎特（Anthony-Kanter）的前场在上半场以25-14胜出。波特兰加一个否则。

The Blazers can’t afford to have those two guys on the floor at the same time. Terry Stotts has some work to do in figuring out the rotation. Portland can’t just bank on Jones having a great defensive game and McCollum scoring 44 every night. Depth is critical to their chances. If Anthony and Kanter can’t provide it, then Stotts has to look elsewhere. If the pair isn’t benched, but staggering them somehow is a must.

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