NBA : Trail Blazers Rally to Beat the Bucks
Trailing by nine points with 7 1/2 minutes to go is no big deal to the Portland Trail Blazers.
“We’ve been in that situation numerous times,” Terry Porter said. “The best thing about our team is we stay very calm in that situation.”
Porter calmly led the Blazers to a 116-112 come-from-behind victory over the Milwaukee Bucks Sunday night, scoring nine points in the final 3:14, including two free throws with six seconds to play.
The victory left the Blazers with an NBA-best 34-7 record at the halfway point in their schedule.
Porter, who struggled offensively all night, made a three-pointer with 3:14 to go, added a driving layup with 43 seconds remaining, then sank four consecutive free throws to preserve Portland’s fourth consecutive victory.
After trailing by as many as 21 points early in the second quarter, Milwaukee scored 41 points--16 by Jay Humphries--in the third to take an 87-77 lead. The Bucks still led, 98-89, on Alvin Robertson’s eight-foot shot with 7:28 to play.
The Blazers used a 14-4 run to catch Milwaukee, with Porter’s three-pointer from the corner giving Portland a 103-102 lead with 3:14 to play.
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