Alperen Şengün and Jalen Green spurred the Rockets past the Trail Blazers on Saturday as Houston reached the season's halfway point with a win.

Jerami Grant received an important injury update for the Trail Blazers' game on Saturday night against the Rockets.

Rankings do not always tell the whole story. Here's the inside scoop on the Trail Blazers recent progress ahead of their matchup with the Hornets.

Portland will try to end its four-game slide when the Portland Trail Blazers take on Houston. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

The Houston Rockets (27-13) and Portland Trail Blazers (13-27) hope to make it 2-1 in their season series on Saturday night ( 10 ET, League Pass) in Portland. The Rockets had their five-game win streak snapped on Thursday, and the Blazers will try to end a four-game losing streak of their own.

However, Toumani Camara, Donovan Clingan, Kris Murray, and Anfernee Simons, the Trail Blazers' leading scorer, are all expected to play tonight. Clingan, Portland's first-round pick (7th overall in 2024), was sidelined for the past five games due to an ankle injury.

The Houston Rockets are just over two weeks from the trade deadline and they are mulling over options to acquire some pieces to help the puzzle feel more comple

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has his 27th 30 point game of the season. Most 30 point games in the NBA. SGA has scored 30+ in 61.4% of his games.Source: Twitter @BrandonRahbar

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We aren't too far off from the NBA trade deadline commencing and teams are starting to put themselves into place to possibly make a major deal. Sometimes a deal made at the deadline can propel a team to a title,

Jarrett Allen's rebound Over looks awfully appetizing on this Friday night based on the matchup with the Sixers and the injury situation in Cleveland. That and more in Andrew Caley's three-pack of NBA props for this evening.