PORTLAND, pray. Enes Kanter scored 24 points and a franchise-record of 30 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Detroit Pistons 118-103 on Saturday night.
Kanter beat Sidney Wicks’ 1975 Portland record of 27 rebounds. Every time Kanter raised the record on Saturday, the Blazers bench stood up and cheered.
Kanter is the fourth player with 30 rebounds in a game over the past 20 seasons, joining Dwight Howard in 2018, Andrew Bynum in 2012 and Kevin Love in 2011. He also surpassed his own personal best of 26 sets while playing for the New York Knicks. in 2018.
Damian Lillard had 27 points and 10 assists and CJ McCollum added 26 points for the Blazers, who broke a two-game loss series.
Kanter started in place of center Jusuf Nurkic, who was not available to the Blazers as it was the first game for a back-to-back. Nurkic had a swollen knee that kept him out of a game against the LA Clippers earlier this week. Blazers coach Terry Stotts said before the game that Nurkic would be available for Sunday night’s home game against the Miami Heat.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.