Portland visits Houston on 6-game road skid

Thu, Nov 11, 2021
NBA News (AP)

Portland Trail Blazers (5-7, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (1-10, 14th in the Western Conference)

Houston; Friday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Portland travels to Houston looking to end its six-game road slide.

Houston finished 17-55 overall and 11-31 in Western Conference play last season. The Rockets averaged 108.8 points per game while allowing opponents to score 116.7 last season.

Portland finished 42-30 overall and 23-19 in Western Conference play during the 2020-21 season. The Trail Blazers averaged 14.9 points off of turnovers, 14.6 second chance points and 34.7 bench points last season.

INJURIES: Rockets: Alperen Sengun: out (illness).

Trail Blazers: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.