‘Blaze of Glory’: Rebounding Machine Evans powers Brooklyn past Portland
While circus workers at the Barclays Center continue following elephants around with large shovels, the Brooklyn Nets’ high-flying show keeps raking in the wins on the longest road trip in team history.
Reggie Evans matched a career high with 22 points and ripped down a career-best 26 rebounds Wednesday night as the Nets pounded the Portland TrailBlazers, 111-93, to improve to 4-1 on their eight-game, 17-day odyssey, tying the franchise record for road wins in a single season with 20.
Evans, the NBA leader in rebounds-per-48-minutes, had nine points and 10 boards in the first 12 minutes as Brooklyn led virtually from start to finish en route to climbing a season-high 13 games above the .500 mark at 42-29.