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(AP) — There was some shout­
ing going on in the Trail Blazers'
locker room after they fell behind by
10 points at halftime to the Rockets.
Up 2-1 in their first playoff series
since 2011, the Blazers didn't want
to mess up Game 4, especially in
front of their hometown fans.
"In the wordsof Chuck— Charles
Barkley — we were playing like
wussies," Portland guard Wesley
Matthews said. "That was the mes­
sage to each other."
Whatever was said, the Trail Blaz­
ers pulled out o f their funk and went
on to defeat the Rockets 123-120 in
overtime Sunday night to take a 3-1
advantage in the series that moves
to Houston on Wednesday.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points
and 10 rebounds in the first win for
the home team in the series, while
Nicolas Batum added 25 points. It
was the third game in the series
decided in overtime.
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The Blazers haven't advanced
out of the first round since 2000.
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Portland also hasn't held a 3-1 ad­
vantage in a series since the 2000
W estern Conference sem ifinals Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge shoots against Houston’s Terrence
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James Harden had 28 points and
Dwight Howard added 25 points
and 14 rebounds for the Rockets.
Portland trailed by as many as 11
points, but rallied in the fourth quar-
ter. Mo Williams' 3-pointer put the
Blazers in front 105-104 with 18.9
seconds left. Dorell Wright missed
the first of two free throws, making
it 106-104 with 8.3 seconds to go.
Howard dunked off a feed from
Harden with 3.6 seconds left to tie it
and Williams missed a 3 at the buzzer
to send the game into overtime.
Aldridge opened Portland's return
to the playoffs with a franchise
postseason-best 4 6 points in the Blaz-
ers'122-120overtimevictoryinGame
1, then followed it up with 43 points
in the 112-105 win. The Rockets won
the third, 121-116 in overtime on Fri-
day night at the Moda Center.
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