The Portland Trail Blazers bounced back from a lackadaisical performance against the Miami Heat to knock off a quality Indiana Pacers team 103-93 on Monday, led by a career-high 17 points from Zach Collins. On a night when two-thirds of their big three couldn’t get anything going, the Blazers bench gave the team a huge jolt, spurring the impressive road win. Darren Collison led the Pacers with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
After an extremely rough start to the game, thanks to whistle-happy officiating and poor shooting, the Blazers second unit keyed a big run to give Portland the lead after one quarter of play.