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Harkless Emerges as Blazers' Third Scoring Option

Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum get the bulk of the headlines when it comes to the Portland Trail Blazers' high-scoring offense, and rightfully so, but it's forward Maurice Harkless who's breaking out as the team's third option in his first year as a starter.

Harkless scored 23 points to register his third-straight game of 15 points or more in Wednesday's 131-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers at Moda Center, no small feat for a player that averaged 6.4 points a season ago. Harkless has already eclipsed the 20-point mark three times through 20 games this season, something he did just once in 2015-16.