The Portland Trail Blazers improve to 4-2 on the year in their win over the Indiana Pacers, 103-93. The Blazers’ bench helped keep Portland in the game to put them into position to snatch it away from Indiana in the closing minutes.
Here are three takeaways from the contest:
Zach Collins is the man.
This was Zach Collins’s game. Throughout the contest, he was engaged, talking on defense and making strong post moves down low.
He tied a career-high with 17 points with three rebounds and three assists. Collins was accurate on offense (7/10) and a menace defensively.