Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum were one of the top - scoring duos in the league last season, and they showed why Tuesday. In fact, they both scored over 30 points apiece, accumulating a combined 71 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists between the two. There were numerous sloppy turnovers, as the 15 combined steals does n't correlate with the 36 combined turnovers. Three-point shooting was key for the Blazers, as they went 14 - of - 31 to the Suns' 7 - of - 21. Free-throw shooting and bench production kept the Suns around, as the Suns went 28 - of - 33 from the charity stripe to the Blazers 20 - of - 28. Phoenix's bench outscored Portland's bench 44 - 21. Alex Len and Marquese Chriss both received their first starts of the season, but neither saw a significant amount of minutes and both failed to reach double figures in either scoring or rebounds.
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