Trevor Ariza sets pair of season-highs with 17 points in 43 minutes for Rockets

Houston Rockets guard/forward Trevor Ariza scored 17 points in 42.7 minutes of Thursday's 117-113 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, adding 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals on 5-of-13 field goals and 3-of-11 3-pointers.

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Ariza also went 4-of-5 at the charity stripe while logging heavy minutes as a result of foul trouble amongst Rockets teammates. The 3-point attempts were another season-high and he's now gone five consecutive games with at least 8 tries from downtown. That said, he's shooting just 35.2 percent from the field and 28.4 percent on threes this season heading into a Saturday matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Ariza is averaging 23.6 FanDuel points per game this season. Over the remainder of the year, numberFire's models project him to record 12.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.4 steals, 2.3 3-pointers, and 1.2 turnovers per game on 43.5 percent from the field and 37.3 percent from deep.