Simmons and McLemore executed the Nets

Anferney Simmons with 23 points and 11 assists paved the way for the Blazers, followed by Robert Covington with 21 points and Ben McLemore with 20 points, the latter two scoring huge threesomes in the final.

For the Nets, Kevin Durand had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Kyrie Irving had 22 points (but with 9/21 shots) and rookie Cam Thomas had 21 points.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 33-26, 55-62, 87-81, 114-108

BLAZER: Covington 21 (5), Little 13 (2 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Nurkic 14 (4/13 shots, 8 rebounds), McLemore 20 (5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Simmons 23 (10/24 shots ), 2/11 three points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists), Watford 4 (6 rebounds), Snell, Zeller 4 (7 rebounds), Smith 6, Elby 9 (1 three points, 5 rebounds)

NETWORK: Durand 28 (2 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 5 assists), Claxton 2, Duke 5 (1), Irving 22 (9/21 shots, 3 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Bebry 4, Griffin, Johnson 4, Edwards 5 (1), Sharp 14 (6/6 two points, 7 rebounds), Mills 3 (1 three points, 5 assists), Thomas 21 (4)