The Portland Trail Blazers avoided a season series sweep to the Denver Nuggets tonight with a gritty effort to maintain hopes of home court advantage in the playoffs. Al-Farouq Aminu, the team’s unsung hero, assembled perhaps his best performance of the season to help Portland recover and retain a marginal lead though the final minutes of the 115-108 victory. Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum returned to the court after a three-week injury absence.
Clutch Aminu Does it Again
Aminu is the defensive stalwart of the Blazers; his impact generally goes unnoticed as defensive plays rarely appear on the stat sheet.