OGT: LA Clippers (51-22) @ Houston Rockets (49-22), 8PM ET on NBATV

[Uncle Drew]

The surging Houston Rockets haven't skipped a beat since Dwight Howard's return, extending their lengthy home winning streak in the process.

They'll put that run to the test as they try to avoid getting swept in the season series by the team directly in front of them in the Western Conference.

Houston goes for a 12th straight home victory and looks to draw even with the Pacific Division-leading Los Angeles Clippers for third place in the West on Saturday night.

In Howard's second game back after missing three with a left ankle strain, he finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds in a 120-98 home win over Philadelphia on Thursday.

James Harden led the way with 26 points, 10 boards and 10 assists for his second career triple-double as the Rockets (49-22) won their fifth straight and dealt the 76ers their NBA record-tying 26th consecutive loss.

"We did a great job of coming out tonight and taking care of business," said Harden, who has averaged 31.3 points while hitting 12 of 23 from 3-point range in his last three games.

Even with Howard missing the first three victories, the Rockets have averaged 118.2 points on 52.0 percent shooting -- 41.1 percent from beyond the arc -- during the five-game win streak. They've also put up 118.0 points per game with roughly those same shooting percentages over their last nine at Toyota Center.

Houston has won by an average of 14.6 points during the home win streak, the franchise's longest since a 12-game run in 2008-09.

The Rockets will try to keep it going versus a Los Angeles team they've struggled against in recent seasons. The Clippers (51-22) have won eight of the past nine meetings, including three victories by an average of 13.3 points this season.

Closing in on a second straight division title, the Clippers are chasing Oklahoma City for the West's second spot but sit just a game ahead of fourth-place Houston.

In the second game of a five-game trip Thursday, Los Angeles rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to snap a two-game road slide with a 109-103 win over Dallas.

Chris Paul had 31 points after missing all 12 of his shots in a 98-96 loss at New Orleans a night earlier. Blake Griffin finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds, while DeAndre Jordan scored 16 with 15 boards.

"We knew it was going to be a playoff-type game," Paul said. "They're not just playing for their playoff lives; we're trying to gear up for the playoffs, too."

The All-Star point guard had 23 points and a season-high 17 assists in a 137-118 home win over Houston on Nov. 4. Griffin then finished with 23 points and 16 boards, while Howard countered with 23 and 11 in the Clippers' 101-93 home win Feb. 26.

In the only other meeting at Toyota Center on Nov. 9, Los Angeles outscored Houston 61-39 in the second half en route to a 107-94 victory.

The Rockets' Patrick Beverley had 19 points in that contest, but he's likely out for the season after tearing his right meniscus Thursday. He's expected to be replaced by Jeremy Lin, who has averaged 14.3 points in 25 starts.

Harden has scored 15.0 per game while missing 17 of 19 from 3-point range in the season series.

Should be fun.

[Uncle Drew]

Bump. Go Clips'

[Marlo_Stanfield]

McFail put Parsons on Paul:biggums:

[Uncle Drew]

Rocket announcers still cringeworthy.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Rocket announcers still cringeworthy.
worst in the league

[Smook A.]

worst in the league
One of the worst

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin got hacked no call.
nothing new

[Yankstar]

worst in the league

I don't know the Chicago fa**ot who keeps sucking Droses d**k is pretty homosexual :roll:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

One of the worst
nah man not only they are totall homer but they make insider jokes the entire game and laugh their ass off about it:roll: :roll:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

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I don't know the Chicago fa**ot who kicks sucking Droses d**k is pretty homosexual :roll:
yeah
Clippers announcers can be annoying too^^

[Smook A.]

nah man not only they are totall homer but they make insider jokes the entire game and laugh their ass off about it:roll: :roll:
50% of the league's team announcers are homers. You should listen to other team's announcers

[Marlo_Stanfield]

50% of the team announcers are homers. You should listen to other team's announcers
i know man
maybe there are some who are as bad:lol

[Uncle Drew]

The worst part of the announcers? If you choose to watch it through the Clippers feed, all you get is BINGO, OH ME OH MY, and THE LOB THE JAM.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

griffins ass hurts

[Marlo_Stanfield]

harden ignores a WIDE open lin. nothing new+
parsons airball lo9l

[Uncle Drew]

Casspi :roll:

[buddha]

wtf Blake? why you no play?

[Uncle Drew]

Is it me or did Davis get fatter?

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Is it me or did Davis get fatter?
:roll: :roll:
still got blocked twice already:roll:

[Smook A.]

Parsons is too nice

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Parsons is too nice
first good game in the month tho:roll:

[zoom17]

What happened to Blake Griffin?

[Smook A.]

Lovin Isiah Canaan so far

[Yankstar]

What happened to Blake Griffin?

Resting for finals brah :rockon:

[alenleomessi]

blake probably wont return

[Marlo_Stanfield]

harden is a piece of crap flopper lol how he bend his entire body on that 3 pt foul:biggums:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Parsons trying to guard CP3:roll: :roll:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

kevin mcfail trying to guard CP3 with Tjones and PArsons:wtf: :biggums:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin and Dmo pissing the bed:facepalm :facepalm
parsons gets devastated by paul wtf

[el_locoteee]

Lin sucks

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin sucks
this game so far he does but its not his fault that parsons lets Paul go off

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin gets fouled the entire game but only harden gets calls

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin really let me down.
hard to find your rythm with this bearded piece of crap hogging the ball but very bad showing so far.
not as bad as mcfail putting harden and Parsons on Paul tho:roll:

[el_locoteee]

Sits Lins pls these guy don't know what to do.

[notatop29pg]

This is the same Chris Paul that can't take over a game yeah?

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin just got pushed with full force on the inbounds by CP3 and no call.
what the actual fuq:biggums:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin should have 8 points if they called him getting HACKED
this is beyond disgusting.
shit game so far by him but thats just insane
If McFail doesnt put Lin on Paul in the second have that would be even more insane:facepalm

[brantonli]

The Rockets commentator just said that Doc Rivers basically told Glen Davis to go to the locker room. Davis wasn't happy with being taken out of the game, argued with Doc, and Doc told him to get lost and head back to the locker room.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

The Rockets commentator just said that Doc Rivers basically told Glen Davis to go to the locker room. Davis wasn't happy with being taken out of the game, argued with Doc, and Doc told him to get lost and head back to the locker room.
lol Davis probably played the worst few minutes i have ever seen

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin will kill the Clippers if he gets touches in the second half.
he is always better in the second half

[toooo]

Davis is sitting in the locker room on "Disciplinary" reasons. Lol.

Keep that shit up CP3.

[inclinerator]

man cp3 is like lin's kryptonite

[KyrieTheFuture]

Collison about to get me eliminated in the playoffs going 2-10 right now. My match is close as hell

[moe94]

DJ tried killing him

[moe94]

Harden stays on the line

[toooo]

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
Harden stays on the line

[Marlo_Stanfield]

harden has never passed on a fastbreak:roll:

[el_locoteee]

Lin once again :facepalm

[moe94]

Harden booty. Paul killing.

[toooo]

Holy ****. Cp3 is way too ****ing good.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

harden is a freaking joke.
only good at FT shooting.
those Turnovers:biggums: :biggums:
any rockets fan blaming that game on lin is a freaking retard

[Young X]

CP :applause:

[LoneyROY7]

Anyone still questioning CP3?

With Blake out, he is absolutely dominating this game from every angle.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin once again :facepalm
are you actually retarded?
parsons just quit on the play and moved away from his spot.
you should complain about harden with 6 TO initiating multiple clippers fastbreaks

[el_locoteee]

Lin is a freaking joke.
only good at been asian.
those Turnovers:biggums: :biggums:
any one blaming that game on Harden is a freaking retard

Fixed it

[notatop29pg]

Holy ****. Cp3 is way too ****ing good.

I wish he put up more shots per game. Could average 26+ easy.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Anyone still questioning CP3?

With Blake out, he is absolutely dominating this game from every angle.
no wonder hes guarded by a slow SF with low Bball IQ

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Fixed it
harden has 6 to

[el_locoteee]

Lins out Houston play better

[brantonli]

let's be honest, the refs have been giving hte Rockets plenty of nice calls

[LoneyROY7]

This game is all offense.

[moe94]

DJ poster

[yobore]

this game has been full of highlights

[LoneyROY7]

Cp3!

[yobore]

hollins looked so happy to contribute

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lins out Houston play better
yeah sure.
hardens brickfest continues

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

CP3 haters gon ghost
26/9/4/3 no turnovers and we still got a quarter left:lol :lol :lol

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

yeah sure.
hardens brickfest continues
Hardon 7-13
Lin 1-7
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

CP3 haters gon ghost
26/9/4/3 no turnovers and we still got a quarter left:lol :lol :lol
CP3 is a PG god but he is having a field day since the worst coach ever put a Slow SF on him:roll: :roll:

[Uncle Drew]

CP3 haters gon ghost
26/9/4/3 no turnovers and we still got a quarter left:lol :lol :lol
Sorry, I wasn't aware this is a playoff game. Lol, of course it isn't. If it was, he'd be losing by 63.

[notatop29pg]

CP3 is a PG god but he is having a field day since the worst coach ever put a Slow SF on him:roll: :roll:

I dunno... pretty sure it was just made official after the Pelicans game that CP3 was useless against a "big cover".

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Hardon 7-13
Lin 1-7
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
harden 6 TO
nobody said lin played good

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Rockets:roll: :roll: :roll: :wtf:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Sorry, I wasn't aware this is a playoff game. Lol, of course it isn't. If it was, he'd be losing by 63.

CP3 had 5 good to great playoff series and 2 bad ones (Denver and Spurs 12)
Not his fault hes not on constantly stacked teams like the Spurs or his 2nd option hasnt had one good playoff series yet and is always injured

[Marlo_Stanfield]

lol Lin with solid 4 points last quater know gets benched for a rookie shithead:roll: :biggums:
meanwhile parsons still playing:biggums:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

lol BS call
Harden is the worst player ever:roll: :roll:

[Smook A.]

lol BS call
Harden is the worst player ever:roll: :roll:
And wtf has lin done today? 1/7 from the field. He's getting outplayed by a rookie!

Seriously Lin shouldnt even be in the NBA

[Mr Exlax]

lol BS call
Harden is the worst player ever:roll: :roll:

Dude I really really really like Jeremy Lin. You borderline make me hate his guts though. My ninja he's not a better player than Harden. No fukcing facet of the god damn game is he better. He contributes to my team. Shut the fukc up about him. Harden isn't holding him back. He's not better than Harden. Lin's skill level is holding him back.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin pathetic game :facepalm
harden 7 TO:applause:

[Yankstar]

Dude I really really really like Jeremy Lin. You borderline make me hate his guts though. My ninja he's not a better player than Harden. No fukcing facet of the god damn game is he better. He contributes to my team. Shut the fukc up about him. Harden isn't holding him back. He's not better than Harden. Lin's skill level is holding him back.

Well to be fair defensively Lin >> Harden. But year Harden is obviously the best SG in the league this year (even though it pains me to say it...)

[LONGTIME]

:oldlol: Paul

[Marlo_Stanfield]

lol at that BS call for CPFlop

[Marlo_Stanfield]

parsons:roll: :roll:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

great strategy by rockets:lol

[ArbitraryWater]

Clips gon get ths

[Marlo_Stanfield]

what is canaan thinking:biggums:

[Smook A.]

Lin is 1/8. :facepalm

Trade his a$$

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin is 1/8. :facepalm

Trade his a$$
first bad game in this month:roll: :roll:
true fan:applause:

[el_locoteee]

Lin is 1/8. :facepalm

Trade his a$$

Nobody wants his contract :(

[Yankstar]

#clippersnation!

http://cdn2.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CP3-TO-BLAKE-GRIFFIN-ALLEY-OOP.gif

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Lin played like a fakkit this game, unbelievable.
well this rockets team wont make any noise anyway:facepalm

[Mr Exlax]

Well to be fair defensively Lin >> Harden. But year Harden is obviously the best SG in the league this year (even though it pains me to say it...)

Harden's defense is actually good, when be decides to actually play it lol. I feel you though. I never bash Jeremy Lin. That fukcing dude is getting on my god damn nerves though. I like Lin a lot. I never wanted to trade him. It just irritates me when people are lin only fans and they bash the rest of my team. Lin isn't close to being the best player on the team.

[Smook A.]

first bad game in this month:roll: :roll:
true fan:applause:
Hes been sucking c*cks the since start of 2014. He's had only 3-4 good games. This guy is a f**king joke and im SICK of seeing him play basketball.

I'd rather have chris smith than Jeremy Lin. Hell I'd even take current bob cousy over him

[Yankstar]

Harden's defense is actually good, when be decides to actually play it lol. I feel you though. I never bash Jeremy Lin. That fukcing dude is getting on my god damn nerves though. I like Lin a lot. I never wanted to trade him. It just irritates me when people are lin only fans and they bash the rest of my team. Lin isn't close to being the best player on the team.

:cheers:

I think what remains of linsanity has now devolved into making excuses and bringing Lin's team mates down to make Lin look good rather than any positivity for the team he is on.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Hes been sucking c*cks the since start of 2014. He's had only 3-4 good games. This guy is a f**king joke and im SICK of seeing him play basketball.

I'd rather have chris smith than Jeremy Lin. Hell I'd even take current bob cousy over him
lol what a hick ass clown you are

[el_locoteee]

Canaan just won the starting point guard job until bev gets back

[Smook A.]

lol what a hick ass clown you are
Nah brotha you're just drugged. I think that's why you root for Lin.

[Young X]

CP with 30/12/5/3 only 1 TO on 10-16 shooting. :applause:

[Mr Exlax]

Nah brotha you're just drugged. I think that's why you root for Lin.

Nah I root for Lin too. I root for any player on the Rox. That guy though, he only roots for Lin.

[Mr Exlax]

:cheers:

I think what remains of linsanity has now devolved into making excuses and bringing Lin's team mates down to make Lin look good rather than any positivity for the team he is on.

See I'm not expecting Linsanity at all. I just want him to keep contributing to the team. Keep tearing it up as our 6th man.

[Smook A.]

Im glad Beverley said he wasn't feeling any pain or knee swelling. I hope he pulls a Metta World Peace and comes back in a few weeks.

He did say his timetable for a return was 10 days to a month.

[Yankstar]

See I'm not expecting Linsanity at all. I just want him to keep contributing to the team. Keep tearing it up as our 6th man.

I mean linsanity as the fan craze not lins performances.

[Mr Exlax]

I mean linsanity as the fan craze not lins performances.

Oooooooh ok lol. Yeah his fans go overboard. They're worse than Tebow fans. Hell they're worse than Kobe fans.

[All Net]

Big game from Paul after losing Blake. Hope that isn't a nagging issue.