The Houston Rockets entered their 74th game of the season—against the Portland Trail Blazers—owning only 18 wins all year. Scoring 109 on average while allowing the opponent 118 will do that to you. But the Blazers are hardly Titans of the West either, especially with a lineup obscure enough to make Basketball Reference throw up a 404 error code.
Portland didn’t score 118 on the Rockets tonight. Instead they lost 125-106. They were unable to keep the Rockets under 50% shooting, allowing them an astonishing 44% from the arc before garbage time kicked in.