# McCollum scores 33 points, Trail Blazers take down Nets
MICHAEL SCOTTO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK-C.J. McCollum took over in the third quarter for the Portland Trail Blazers to victory.
McCollum scored 33 points, Evan Turner had 19 and the Trail Blazers beat the Brooklyn Nets 129-109 on Sunday. Portland snapped a three-game losing streak and extended Brooklyn’s skid to four.
Damian Lillard added 18 points for the Trail Blazers, and Allen Crabbe had 14. Crabbe signed a four-year, $75 million restricted free-agent offer sheet with Brooklyn before Portland matched in the offseason.
Brook Lopez had 21 points for the Nets. Trevor Booker had 16, and Bojan Bogdanovic 15.
McCollum made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points in the third quarter to help the Trail Blazers take a 99-84 lead into the fourth. McCollum extended Portland’s lead to 22 by making a driving layup and then sinking a free throw to give the Trail Blazers a 110-88 lead with 8:08 remaining in the fourth quarter. Portland never looked back.
“I had some good looks,” McCollum said. “Guys did a great job moving the ball and finding the weak side. It was like throwing rocks in the ocean.”
Tip-ins: Trail Blazers: Coach Terry Stotts praised the growth of Mason Plumlee as a playmaker…. Al-Farouq Aminu (left calf) and Festus Ezeli (left knee) were in- active.
Nets: Coach Kenny Atkinson left the door open for former No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett to have an expanded role going forward. .”… Jeremy Lin (strained left hamstring) and Caris LeVert (left foot rehab) were inactive.
by Afraid-Impression702
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Seven years ago… damn
People were thinking about trading Dame and building around CJ, that’s how that season started.
Oh yeah, I remember people on the blazers scoring alot.