At one point in the second quarter of Friday night’s 114-96 victory versus the Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Trail Blazers guard/forward Evan Turner executed a pantomime which has has become somewhat familiar in professional sports. While get back back down the floor after a made fadeaway jumpert, Turner rotated his hand in a circular motion toward his face in an attempt to mimic the act of using a spoon to shovel food into his mouth, with the implication being he was metaphorically consuming whatever the Pacers’ defense was serving.
In short and increasing-common sports parlance, Turner was eatin,’ and in this case it was an especially appropriate piece of performance art considering the way he went about scoring most of the 13 points he posted in the second quarter.