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Rockets dominate Trail Blazers, Lakers falter again

  • Houston 104 – 101 Portland

At first glance, this meeting announced a close match between Trail Blazers mined by injuries and Rockets post Harden who are not yet used to playing together. From the start of the first quarter time, Damian Lillard and his teammates set their pace. As the counter slowly clears the Portland side, the Texan players fail to register a single point during the first three minutes of play and are quickly down 8-0. Everyone contributes to the scoring for the Blazers and the team manages to lead by 17 points within four minutes of the end of the first quarter. the end of the first act, Damian Lillard and One’s Edges score 13 and 8 points respectively. While they had started their meeting well and built a good lead in the first quarter, the Oregon players were caught up piece by piece throughout the second quarter. All Rockets players contribute to this comeback. The ball is spinning and there are only 6 points left in the middle of the quarter. Following this comeback Lillard and Kanter tried to maintain the score but the 8 points of Victor Oladipo on the last 3 minutes of the first half will be right for their efforts. The Texan players return to the locker room having turned the tables and gained the upper hand over their opponents during the second act. In the second game, the Rockets will expand their lead by finishing the third quarter time with 9 points more on the clock than their evening opponents. Thanks to the cumulative efforts of John WallVictor Oladipo and Christian Wood, the men of Stephen Silas take the game in hand. Opposite Lillard continues to score and fight to take over the reins of the meeting. Gary Trent Jr scores 8 points in the quarter time which keeps his team afloat. The last quarter time gives place a clear return of the Blazers. Thanks to three first shots scored in less than a minute, Gary Trent allows his team to take the game in hand by leading by two points. Both teams will encounter moments of vacuum where they cannot score and the gap will remain small until the end of the match. The Rockets will keep at least one point ahead until the end of the game and close the game with a layup from Victor Oladipo.

Fourth straight win for Houston. Despite recent major changes in their squad, players in the Texas franchise are making a good impression. They manage to win matches and share the ball. In view of his performances, one could still think that it would be interesting to involve Christian Wood more offensively by allowing him to take more shots. On this meeting Victor Oladipo finished with 25 points 48% success, 7 rebounds and 5 decisive assists. He will have shown great difficulties three points this night by entering only 2 first shots out of 10 attempts. Chrsitian Wood is most certainly the strongman of these New School Rockets. He finished the match in double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds. He only took 12 shots and missed 4. John Wall was lacking in skill tonight but he still scored 20 points while involving his people thanks to his 6 assists. Danuel House Jr was incisive when leaving the bench. He only played 19 minutes but scored 11 points. Ct Blazers, the main scorer was new Damian Lillard. He finished the match with 30 points and 9 decisive assists. He registered 11 shots in 23 attempts but finished 45% success on shots from behind the arc. Gary Trent also contributed well offensively. He registered 7 three-pointers in 13 attempts. Beyond his stats, he impressed in this meeting by his presence in the important moments of the match. Twice he was offensively over a short period to allow his team to return to the score or take the lead. He finished 23 points 50% success in shooting. Enes Kanter also finished in a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony was to the subscribers absent in this confrontation. He only scored 6 points after taking 15 shots and he finished with only 20% of his shots.

After many changes of lead, the Rockets clinch victory. This gives them 4 successes in a row and should allow them to build up confidence for their first steps with new teammates. The Trail Blazers, on the other hand, suffer from Jusuf Nurkic and CJ McCollum, which greatly limit the team offensively.

  • Detroit 107 – 92 L.A Lakers

Great victory for the Pistons against the defending champions. Although deprived ofAnthony Davis, the Lakers were expected to be more dominant, especially against a team struggling to secure wins. The purples and golds dominated in the rebounds and on the three-point address but showed difficulty scoring. They hardly found the opposing circle. The start of the meeting was tight and neither team managed to get away in the first quarter. Lebron James made a big start to the match by scoring 12 points in 5 minutes. He will finish the first quarter with already 14 of his 22 points on the clock. In front, Blake Griffin starts strong too. He scored 9 points in the first twelve minutes and his teammate Wayne Ellington scored 8. Neither team takes a clear lead during the second act and there are only 2 points behind at half-time. During the second quarter time, the Lakers can count on Lebron, Dennis Schder and Talen Horton-Tucker to ensure scoring. On the side of the Pistons, the second unit will do its job and manage to keep Motor City in the race. Ellington and Jerami Grant will score 8 precious points at the end of the quarter. the resumption the meeting remains tight and no denouement takes shape. The Lakers are struggling at the start of the third quarter. Kyle Kuzma manages to return equal by scoring the first two baskets of his team while his teammates fail to score. Kuzma will continue to be efficient and score 10 points in the quarter. Opposite is Blake Griffin who will lead the Pistons by registering 11 points. The beginning of the last act is rather tight despite a weak scoring. Derrick Rose and Mason Plumlee do the job offensively. Arrived 88 – 87 for the Pistons, the Lakers start chaining the rats. They will be mute offensively for almost 7 minutes before finally scoring in the garbage time while the outcome of the match is already known. During this time they collected 16 points and thus let the victory slip away. Everyone joined forces with the Pistons to grab this precious victory at this difficult start to the season.

Blake Griffin was one of the main architects of this victory. He scored 23 points 50% in shooting. He was particularly skilled behind the arc and registered 5 award-winning shots. Wayne Ellington has also been invaluable to the Motor City workforce. He scored 20 points with 6 three points in 9 attempts. Mason Plumlee was essential Dwayne Casey tonight. The pivot, signed this summer, registered 17 points in not missing a single shot and also caught 10 rebounds. He put his 27 minutes of play to good use and knew how to play accurately. The man leading the Pistons at the start of the year, Jerami Grant, did not look great in this meeting. He scored only 14 points and ended the game with only 35% of success in shooting. Derrick Rose also put his stone in the building by scoring 14 points off the bench. On the side of the City of Angels, Lebron James and Kyle Kuzma both finished 22 points. Kuzma showed skill and was also present under the circle. The young winger caught 10 rebounds and therefore finished in a double-double. Lebron also finished in a double-double since he captured 7 rebounds and distributed 10 decisive assists. Talen Horton-Tucker will have made a good return on his playing time. He only played 14 minutes but took the opportunity to score 13 points. The address was scarce among purples and golds. Dennis Schrder scored only 10 points, returning only 2 shots in 8 attempts. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 6 points 43% shooting success and Montrezl Harrell he scored only 8 in 10 tentative shots.

Nice victory from the Pistons who will take advantage of the absence of Anthony Davis and the mform of the Lakers. This is the second loss in a row for the angelinos, they leave room for the Jazz and the Clippers at the top of the ranking of the western conference.

Houston 104 – 101 Portland

Miami 105 – 109 L.A Clippers

Detroit 107 – 92 L.A Lakers

Phoenix 114 – 93 Golden State

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