PORTLAND, Oregon. Enes Kanter had 24 points and a franchise-record of 30 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers sent the Detroit Pistons 118-103 on Saturday night.
Kanter beat Sidney Wicks’ Portland record of 27 rebounds from 1975. Each time Kanter topped the record on Saturday, the Blazers bench stood up and cheered.
Kanter is the fourth player to have 30 rebounds in a game in the past 20 seasons, joining Dwight Howard in 2018, Andrew Bynum in 2012 and Kevin Love in 2011. He also topped his own career high of 26 sets while playing for the Knicks in 2018 .
Point guard 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 unavailable to the Blazers as it was the first game from a back-to-back. Nurkic had a swollen knee that kept him out of a game against the Clippers earlier this week. Blazers coach Terry Stotts said before the game that Nurkic would be available for Sunday night’s game at home against Miami.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.