"The Rockets lost their poise, their lead and their point guard.

They could not bear to lose the game too.

With Kyle Lowry in the locker room with a third-quarter elbow injury, the Rockets recovered from a thorough second-half collapse, turning to their bench to take them past the Trail Blazers to a 103-96 win at the Rose Garden.

Lowry left the game in the third quarter with a strained right elbow, immediately going to the floor and then to the locker room.

"I tried to throw a pass to Jordan (Hill) on a cut," Lowry said. "I kind of hyper-extended it, strained it a bit. I just have to do treatment. You know me. I don't want to sit out too many games. I don't want to sit out games at all. I'll see how I feel tomorrow and get treatment in the morning and see how it feels.""