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Team Recounts Harrowing Elevator Experience In Boston

After a light practice Tuesday afternoon at Emerson College in Boston, the majority of the Portland Trail Blazers got stuck in an elevator for roughly 30 minutes, an experiance that went viral after Meyers Leonard, Evan Turner and Enes Kanter all posted videos of the harrowing ordeal on social media. On Wednesday, the team returned to Emerson College for shootaround prior to their game versus the Boston Celtics at TD Garden (5 p.m. tipoff on NBC Sports NW and ESPN). Here's what Leonard, Damian Lillard and Turner had to say about the ordeal and their eventual escape...

MEYERS LEONARD

"Quite a few guys came in yesterday just to get some extra work in, play one-on-one, get some shots up, but as we were leaving -- typical of NBA guys, they're impatient, everybody wants to get on the elevator at once -- well when you've got like four seven-footers on one elevator and six other guys, you might run into some issues.