It happens.'ДЄnthony said he intends to play Saturday night against Minnesota. I was fortunate enough to look at the score and we were up 20 at one point in time. I didn't want to take a chance going out there, we were rolling and we set the tone early. The Trail Blazers improved to 8-7 since Anthony joined the team a month ago. Portland earned its season-high third straight victory despite losing Anthony to a bruised left knee in the second quarter. Lillard scored 36 points, CJ McCollum had 31 and the Trail Blazers beat the Orlando Magic 118-103 on Friday night. Damian Lillard powered the Portland Trail Blazers to another big win.Д®ven a little injury scare for Carmelo Anthony turned out all right.

McCollum's streak of leading Portland in scoring ended at nine games.PORTLAND, Ore. Quarterman has appeared in 12 games for Portland this season. Portland guard Tim Quarterman, who on Thursday was assigned to the Windy City Bulls of the NBA Development League, is expected to rejoin the Blazers sometime during the team's four-game road trip next week. Trail Blazers: Starting small forward Maurice Harkless was a late scratch due to a calf strain. Vucevic has scored at least 20 points in five consecutive games against Portland. Ibaka returned to the lineup after missing the Magic's last game with a right shoulder injury. Todd Forcier, the brother of Orlando assistant Chad Forcier, is a sports performance specialist for the Blazers. Assistant David Adelman returned to Portland where his father Rick, a longtime and now retired NBA coach, lives. Magic: There were a couple family reunions for Magic coaches. We knew they were going to come after us and they did, but we were able to respond by getting shops late in the game, and hitting big shots,' Vogel said. 'You get up 18-1 against a team like that and it's not always a good thing. Lillard pulled Portland to 105-103, but Payton silenced the Blazers crowd with a 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock, putting the Magic in front 108-103 with 1:17 left. But Orlando bounced back, as Ibaka hit back-to-back 3-pointers to lead the Magic to an 82-78 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Two minutes into the third quarter, Portland grabbed its first lead at 57-56 on a drive by Lillard. McCollum had 26, extending his streak to eight consecutive games with at least 25 points, the Trail Blazers' longest in nearly 30 years.ДЄfter Orlando's fast start, Lillard scored 15 first-quarter points as the Blazers got as close as three points during the first half. But the ball wasn't going in.'Дamian Lillard scored 34 points and C.J. 'It was a perimeter game, and they ended up making more shots than we did,' Stott said.ДЄs for the sluggish start, Stotts said, 'It happens.

Portland coach Terry Stotts thought the Blazers, who had won three of four and were coming off a 16-point win over Cleveland, lost a long-range shooting contest.

'I was very happy with how we started the game but even more proud of how we responded to their runs,' Orlando coach Frank Vogel said. Vucevic and Payton combined to score 15 of Orlando's final 25 points to lead the finishing charge. Orlando couldn't have plotted a better start to the game, as the Magic hit their first nine shots, while the Blazers missed their first nine, on the way to an 18-1 lead five minutes into the game.Д«ut it came down to the final eight minutes, with the score tied at 90. We've had a lot of games where we were playing pretty well, and the (other) team would make a run and we would kind of fall apart.' 'We needed a game like that to see that we can do it. Augustin added 15 points, while Serge Ibaka had 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Magic snapped a four-game losing streak. Nikola Vucevic hit 13 of 18 shots, scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Magic to a 115-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.Д®lfrid Payton scored 19 points and hit a key 3-pointer with 1:17 remaining that gave Orlando some breathing room. It's not the start but the finish that matters, though the Orlando Magic did both well.

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