Counting down the 25 best Trail Blazers performances of the last 25 years.
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Over the final six weeks until the start of training camp, we will be counting down the 25 best individual performances by Trail Blazers players in the last 25 years.
Sean Highkin
Other entries: 25-23 | 22-21 | 20-19 | 18-17 | 16-15 | 14-13 | 12-11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1
The players: Rodney Hood & Enes Kanter
The game: May 3, 2019 vs. Denver Nuggets (Game 3, second round)
The stats: Hood—19 points, 6-of-8 shooting (75%), 2-of-3 three-pointers, 5-of-7 free throws, 2 rebounds, 1 assist in 23 minutes; Kanter—18 points, 8-of-16 shooting (50%), 15 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block in 56 minutes
I'm allowed to cheat and include two players in one entry when the game in question went to four overtimes. It's basically one-and-a-half games.
