ROCKETS 121 BLAZERS 116 F OT...RED Nation quiets that BLAZER Talk behind Fear the BEARD #13 100 FG Attempts and game-high 37 points...LILLARD almost put RIP City in the Winner's Circle as it was former VCU Star and D-LEAGUE Call Up Troy Daniels who surprised..."Fight 4 LARRY" as CLUTCH City goes Clutch and gets on the board #RedNation #RipCity POR leads 2-1

The amazing thing if you ever hone in on King James of the Heat he might go for mid 30s but he won;'t have over 20 shots and he is just efficient. Rockets James Harden had a game-high 37 points but on 35 shots isn't what the Rockets ordered. Yes you ant the Orange in your best player's hand as he needs to make plays which doesn't necessarily mean scoring the Orange or trying at every rip.

Having said all of that the Rockets get on the board as they go into the Rose Garden dba Moda Center and beat the Blazers in extras 121-116. Joining Harden was "Dwight of Three Stripes" as he added 24 points and grabbed fourteen boards as he didn't get a touch in extras. That two-headed Monster at PG between Patrick Beverley and Jeremy Lin combined for 29 points and thirteen boards with seven helpers and that is an All-Star Night for an All-Star Point God. The Rockets took care of the Orange (8 turnovers) and was 19 of 22 from the Stripe and that put them into the Winner's Circle especially coming out of the Motel.

The Rockets had their chances as All-Star PG Damian Lillard was doing his thing for all of East Bay Point God Lore (Brian Shaw, Jason Kidd, and Gary Payton to name a few) as he led Rip City with 30 points adding six boards and six helpers. French National Team Star Nicolas Batum went 26 points and nine boards with L-Train  checking in for tonight's Ball Game as an Earthling with a modest 23 points and ten boards. The Blazers missed opportunities and their numbers across the board are winning-type numbers.

The Blazers lead 2-1 as we head to Sunday Night April 27th at 930pm ET...

360 Degrees...VCU's Troy Daniels coming from the D-League (Rio Grand Valley Vipers) at the end of the season hit a huge three with 11.9 left in Extras with the score 116-116 as he added 9 points going 3 for 6 from the Arc.