Portland Trail Blazers Pull Away From Phoenix Suns, 110-101

Portland Trail Blazers Pull Away From Phoenix Suns, 110-101

Portland Trail Blazers Pull Away From Phoenix Suns, 110-101
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Portland Trail Blazers Pull Away From Phoenix Suns, 110-101

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The Blazers jumped out to a 16-point lead, squandered the lead in the third quarter, but managed to pull away down the stretch.

The Portland Trail Blazers have not been good enough to “flip a switch” and pull away from lesser opponents this season, in general, but they managed the feat tonight against the lowly Phoenix Suns. The Blazers held the Suns to only 8 points over the final 6:37 and sprinted away with a 110-101 win.

The victory, however, was not entirely without obstacle. The Blazers played solidly in the first half and had a big lead at the intermission (66-50). However, much like last night’s game against the Washington Wizards, mindbogglingly lazy defense and wayward offense let the Suns back into it in the third quarter. But unlike last night, there was no overtime and, more importantly, no major officiating blunders so the blown lead proved mostly inconsequential.

Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 39 points, and CJ McCollum worked his magic in the clutch, scoring 12 of his 26 in the final quarter. Jusuf Nurkic was the third Blazer in double figures with 12 points and added 11 rebounds. Devin Booker topped the Suns with 28 points and Eric Bledsoe scored 19.