"After weeks waiting for his turn, Terrence Williams was relegated to playing in his dreams.

But he did not complain. The dream was pretty good.

"My mom said, 'Are you getting discouraged down there,'?" Williams said. "I said, 'No. I had a dream that he put me in the game and as soon as he put me in the game, I hit a 3.' I swear that's what I told her. And it happened.

"After the game I told my mom that it happened. I need to have a dream about getting a triple-double."

Williams hit his 3-pointer less than two minutes into his first meaningful playing time since the Dec. 15 trade to the Rockets.

With point guard Aaron Brooks out, Courtney Lee moved over to play backup point, opening playing time for Williams, 6-6, as a backup shooting guard. He did not play in the second half against Portland because coach Rick Adelman extended Kevin Martin's minutes to take advantage of Martin's hot shooting and stuck with Kyle Lowry longer in the second half."