LaMarcus Aldridge scored a career-high and franchise playoff-record 46 points to lift the Trail Blazers to a 122-120 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night in a thrilling first-round series opener.
Aldridge fouled out with about a minute left in overtime and Damian Lillard, who was making his playoff debut and finished with 31 points, scored Portland's next five points and put the Trail Blazers on top by one point with a pair of free throws with 17 seconds left.
James Harden and Dwight Howard each scored 27 points for Houston, and Howard grabbed 15 rebounds.