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Rockets' backcourt combo betters Roy as Trailblazers fall

Associated Press

Saturday, October 31, 2009

HOUSTON -- No Yao Ming. No Tracy McGrady. No problem for the Houston Rockets. Trevor Ariza, making the move from the Lakers this season, scored a career high 33 points, Aaron Brooks added 28 points and the Rockets held on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers at home for the fifth straight time in regular season, 111-107 Saturday night. "I know it was an important game for us," Ariza said. "They [Portland] are one of the better teams in the West with a lot of talent, too. It was bigger for us to ...

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