Balanced Suns outlast Blazers for Opening Win
| Portland Trailblazers at Phoenix Suns |
| Oct 30, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Portland (0-0) | 24 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 106 |
| Phoenix (0-0) | 28 | 21 | 25 | 39 | 113 |
| Portland Trailblazers |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Damian Lillard | 32 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2(1 off) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Wesley Matthews | 41 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 9(2 off) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Nicholas Batum | 42 | 6-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3(1 off) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Lamarcus Alridge | 35 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 7(2 off) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Robin Lopez | 29 | 10-22 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9(5 off) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Mo Williams | 23 | 7-18 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2(1 off) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Thomas Robinson | 20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7(2 off) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Allen Crabbe | 8 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Dorell Wright | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Freeland | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| Myers Leonard | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| Will Barton | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| TEAM TOTALS | 42-97(43%) | 9-19(42%) | 14-15(93%) | 42(14 of) | 23 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 106 |
| Phoenix Suns |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Goran Dragic | 32 | 7-14 | 1-3 | 8-8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 30 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 6-6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| PJ Tucker | 32 | 5-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Chaning Frye | 28 | 6-11 | 4-8 | 6-6 | 7(1 off) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Miles Plumlee | 32 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 12(6 off) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Gerald Green | 31 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Markieff Morris- DNP susp. | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| Marcus Morris | 24 | 4-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 8(3 off) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Alex Len | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10(3 off) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Archie Goodwin | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ish Smith | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dionte Christmas | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| Viacheslav Kravtsov | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| TEAM TOTALS | 39-83(47%) | 11-30(37%) | 24-25(96%) | 51(13 off) | 24 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 113 |
Player of the Game: Channing Frye 22 points 7 rebounds 3 blocks 6-11 FG, 4-8 threes, 6-6 Free throws
This game started off with both team struggling from the field. With almost 5 minutes left in the first quarter we only had 11 team points, 9 on Frye threes. Frye came out confident on his first game after missing last year due to his heart issues. Bledsoe got 2 very quick fouls and had to sit out after 2 minutes. Dragic and Lillard rallied the offenses and the score got up to 28-24 at the end of the first. Green hit a buzzer beater when he picked up a loose ball and had to throw up a turnaround jumper which he swished. We played basically even throughout the second quarter. Mo Williams got red hot and finished the first half with 13 points. Dragic, Fyre and Green lead our first half offense. Bledsoe got a third foul in the second quarter and only got 9 minutes in the first half scoring 0 points. The Blazers came out hot in the third quarter thanks to good ball movement and finding a open Robin Lopez for easy dunks multiple ties. They opened up a 4 point lead heading into the 4th quarter. Both teams played back and forth ball throughout the forth quarter. It was tied at 98 with 3 minutes left. We went on a 11-2 run thanks to a Plumlee three point play over Alridge and two clutch threes by PJ Tucker. That run opened up the lead and we hit all of our free throws to get the win. Frye left the game with 4 minutes left with back spasms but is expected to play vs the Jazz.
Around the League:
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The Bulls are 2-0 after beating the Heat and Knicks.
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The Clippers are 2-0 after beating the Lakers and Warriors.
Next up: Vs Jazz