{"id":285941,"date":"2025-11-15T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T10:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285941\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T10:11:09","slug":"rockets-140-116-trail-blazers-15-nov-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285941\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets 140-116 Trail Blazers (15 Nov, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON — \u2014 Kevin Durant<\/a> scored 30 points, Alperen Sengun<\/a> added 25 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Houston Rockets<\/a> won their third straight with a 140-116 win over the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> in an NBA Cup game on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Durant, who had 16 points in the first period, finished 12 of 19 from the field. Jabari Smith<\/a> Jr. scored 22 points, Amen Thompson<\/a> had 19 points and Reed Sheppard<\/a> 13.<\/p>\n

The Rockets have won eight of their last nine games and improved to 1-1 in NBA Cup play. Houston shot 50%, including 17 of 45 on 3-pointers. The Rockets forced the Trail Blazers into 20 turnovers and converted them into 30 points.<\/p>\n

Tari Eason<\/a> left with a bruised right hip after being bumped and falling to the floor. He went to the locker room with a trainer midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Deni Avdija<\/a> had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Shaedon Sharpe<\/a> added 19 points and eight rebounds, Toumani Camara<\/a> scored 16 points and Jrue Holiday<\/a> and Jerami Grant<\/a> each had 13 for Portland, which fell to 1-1 in NBA Cup play. The Trailblazers shot 47% and were 13 of 36 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

Leading 58-57 with 2:44 left in the second, Houston ended the half on an 11-3 run and took a 69-60 lead into halftime on a tip-in by Josh Okogie<\/a>. The Rockets opened the second half with an 8-0 run to increase the lead to 17 points on a 3-pointer by Okogie with 10:49 left in the period. Houston\u2019s lead never dipped below 10 the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Trail Blazers: At Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on Sunday in the finale of a five-game trip.<\/p>\n

Rockets: Host the Orlando Magic<\/a> on Sunday to finish a three-game homestand.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON — \u2014 Kevin Durant scored 30 points, Alperen Sengun added 25 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-285941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}