The Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers are playing live on the NBA schedule on Wednesday and the matchup is on ESPN and streaming online from WatchESPN at the Moda Center and it starts up at 10:30 pm ET as James Harden and LaMarcus Aldridge take the court with Damian Lillard in a rematch of the playoffs from last year.
The Rockets come into the game after a win against the Denver Nuggets and they next will play against the Jazz on the road after the game with the Blazers. The Rockets come into the game second in the southwest division and they are 43-20 on the season and they have an MVP candidate in Harden. Harden is one of the league leaders in scoring and he dropped 28 points and had seven assists in the win over the Nuggets.
The Rockets come into the game after a win against Denver and they are ranked sixth in the league in scoring and in the top 10 in assists per game. The defense has not been as good with Dwight Howard out of the lineup and they are hoping to make a deeper run than last season. The Trail Blazers come into the game after a loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves and they will next matchup with the Detroit Pistons on the schedule.
The team comes in at first in the northwest division with 41 wins and they have been impressive and they are ranked in the top 10 in scoring. The team is third in rebounds per game, ninth in points allowed and they are 10th in assists per game and this matchup is from the first round in the playoffs last year. Damian Lillard scored 32 points and had eight assists, while LaMarcus Aldridge had eight rebounds against the Wolves.
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