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tory over the Trail Blazers on Friday night, narrowing Portland's playoff advantage to 2-1 with Game 4 set for Sunday.
• But it was the rookie Daniels who nailed a 3-pointer with 11.9 seconds to go that pulled Houston out of a funk from losing the first two games of the series at home.
• "Means a lot to me that coach called my name," said Daniels, who spent time in the D-League this season and didn't make his pro debut until March 5. "As a rookie, you never know when you're going to play. That shows how much confidence he has in me."
• Dwight Howard added 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Rockets. Only three teams have come back to win after losing the first two games of a seven-game series at home: The last was the 2004-05 Mavericks, who came back against the Rockets.
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• BAGHDAD (AP) -- A multiple bomb attack that killed at least 33 people at a campaign rally for a militant Shiite group likely unleashed a series of apparent sectarian attacks in Iraq, signaling the start of a new wave of Sunni-Shiite bloodletting ahead of elections next week, security officials said Saturday.
• An al-Qaida breakaway group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, claimed responsibility for Friday's attack on the Baghdad rally, which drew about 10,000 backers of Asaib Ahl al-Haq.
• It said on a militant website that the bombings were to avenge what it called the killing of Sunnis and their forced removal from their homes by Shiite militias. The authenticity of the claim could not be independently verified.
• A senior Asaib Ahl al-Haq official said the 33 dead included 10 group members who had fought in the Syrian civil war. Its members fight with forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, a member of a Shiite sect. The Islamic State fights with Sunni rebels trying to oust Assad.
• Such bomb attacks are not uncommon in Iraq, but targeting a gathering by a militant Shiite group had been expected to spark retaliation.
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