On a night when LaMarcus Aldridge continued to solidify himself in the conversation as one of the best Portland Trail Blazers of all time, Aldridge hit a step-back 3 to move him up to second place on the All-Time Trail Blazers scoring list as the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Detroit Pistons 98-86. Aldridge passed Terry Porter on the list.
23 points and 11 rebounds for Aldridge on the night as he led the Trail Blazers to a victory. Wesley Matthews scored 19 points with 5 assists and 5 rebounds for Portland and his back court partner, Damian Lillard, scored 14 with 6 assists and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman came off the bench and scored 14 points in his coming home part to his native Michigan.
Detroit was led by Greg Monroe who had 22 points and 10 rebounds coming off the bench for the Pistons and was joined by fellow reserve Caron Butler who scored 13 points with 7 rebounds to lead Detroit. Andre Drummond had 10 points and 15 rebounds on the night, to lead the starters and was joined by Josh Smith who also scored 10 points but grabbed 5 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 11 points on the night for Detroit.
The Pistons have lost 13 straight games.
Portland Trail Blazers are 17-4. Detroit Pistons are 3-19.
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