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Trail Blazers beat Suns 132-119 as Damian Lillard scores 25 and Portland outscores Phoenix 43-25 in the second quarter
Damian Lillard scored 25, Donovan Clingan had 24 and 11 rebounds and Deni Avdija added 21 points and 12 assists as Portland beat Phoenix 132-119 for its fifth straight road win.
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Damian Lillard scored 25 points, Donovan Clingan had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Deni Avdija added 21 points and 12 assists as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Phoenix Suns 132-119 at Footprint Center on Wednesday, November 4. Portland (6-1) has won five straight road games. Devin Booker scored 33 for Phoenix (1-5), going 13 of 13 at the free-throw line.
A 43-point second quarter
Phoenix led 34-29 after the first quarter, and its largest lead of the night was five. Portland then outscored the Suns 43-25 in the second quarter to take a 72-59 halftime lead. Lillard scored 9 points in the quarter, Clingan had 8, and Jrue Holiday made three threes off the bench for 9, the last one with 35.4 seconds left. Lillard’s turnaround jumper with 0.4 seconds left in the half made it 72-59.
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Booker keeps Phoenix within reach
Booker scored 12 points in the first quarter and 14 in the third, and he made a three with 3:50 left in the third to cut the deficit to 95-79. Toumani Camara was called for a flopping technical foul with 8:37 left in the third quarter and Clingan for a technical foul at 7:09, and Booker made both technical free throws. Portland still led 104-82 when Lillard scored with 37.7 seconds left in the period, its largest lead at 22 points.
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Phoenix scored 34 points in the fourth quarter to Portland’s 28 and Jalen Green scored 10 of his 22 in the period, but they got no closer than seven points after halftime, 78-71 on Booker’s technical free throw in the third quarter. Booker did not score in the fourth quarter.
The numbers
Portland shot 44 of 86 (51%), made 14 of 39 threes and 30 of 41 free throws, outrebounded Phoenix 47-39, scored 56 points in the paint to the Suns’ 46 and had a 19-9 edge in fast-break points. The Trail Blazers had 8 blocks and 18 turnovers. Phoenix shot 41 of 92 (45%), made 10 of 36 threes and 27 of 31 free throws, and had 12 turnovers and 7 blocks.
Lillard shot 9 of 17 with 5 assists and was 5 of 5 at the line. Clingan shot 9 of 12 with 3 blocks and 4 offensive rebounds. Avdija shot 7 of 16 with 3 turnovers and was +16 in 35 minutes. Holiday’s 15 points came on 5-of-9 three-point shooting in 28 minutes off the bench, and Camara scored 11. Robert Williams III had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks in 16 minutes, and Sidy Cissoko had 7 points and 4 assists.
Phoenix’s side
Booker shot 9 of 19 and 2 of 8 from three. Green scored 22 on 6-of-17 shooting and 8-of-8 free throws, Miles Bridges had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists with four threes, and Dillon Brooks scored 15 on 7-of-15 shooting with 4 turnovers. Oso Ighodaro had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists off the bench, and Duop Reath scored 7 on 3-of-4 shooting.
What’s next
The Trail Blazers visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, November 6, at 10:00 p.m. ET (5:00 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Suns host the Orlando Magic on Thursday, November 5, at 9:00 p.m. ET (4:00 a.m. Friday Cairo time).
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