Reggie Jackson tied a franchise record for a quarter with 26 of his 40 points in the fourth, completely dominating Blazers all-star point guard Damian Lillard.
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Tonight, the Pistons play at 7-0 Golden State. “A lot of times over the course of the first three quarters, we made mistakes but they missed the open shots”.
After blowing an 18-point third quarter lead against the Detroit Pistons, the Portland Trail Blazers will have no time to make adjustments before heading into Denver for a match up with the Nuggets.
The Trail Blazers had their three-game winning streak snapped and will take on five tough games against West powerhouse teams in their next seven games facing the San Antonio Spurs (twice), Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers.
Paul George had 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. George has gone off the last three games, putting up at least 26 point and grabbing 10 boards.
The fourth quarter was all Detroit. (Assistant coach) Tim Hardaway could see it was annoying me, but he said, ‘Trust the shots will go down. “We’ve got to learn from it, we’re not going to flush this one”.
In the final quarter, Jackson scored 26 points. Kyle Lowry had 15 points on 4-of-16 shooting and eight assists as the Toronto Raptors failed to get going offensively against an aggressive Heat defense that was firing on all cylinders as Miami won, 96-76. They get contributions from everywhere, and often it is the secondary guys in the field that do the small things right that usually wear you out. As Klay Thompson continues to shake off the offseason cobwebs that come from Vegas trips and Instagram girlfriends, he has yet to have the breakout performance that we are looking for.
The Trail Blazers and the Pistons will be facing off in their first head-to-head clash of the season.
Trail Blazers: The Blazers placed rookie forward Cliff Alexander on the active list and moved guard Luis Montero to the inactive list before the game. We have to understand and we have to stick with what has worked, what was working early in the game, and be able to sort of weather the storm when teams start to turn it up. Lillard (27.3) and McCollum (22.2) entered the game as the league’s highest-scoring backcourt. Coach Erik Spoelstra has the tools to put together an elite defense – they looked the part against the Raptors.
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The difference between good and great teams, good and great players, is the ability to perform consistently. Portland was 4-of-19 shooting in the quarter when it also committed 10 of its 23 turnovers.
