Path Blazers’ Donovan Clingan will get first double-double since November

Portland Path Blazers rookie heart Donovan Clingan had his finest recreation in someday throughout Thursday night time’s 117-111 loss on the Dallas Mavericks.

“I believed DC performed nice,” Blazers coach Chauncey Billups instructed reporters after the sport. “I actually did. His minutes had been good.”

Clingan, the No. 7 choose in final 12 months’s NBA draft, scored 11 factors on 4-of-4 taking pictures, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked two pictures.

“He had some massive finishes across the basket and he performed actually powerful,” Billups stated.

Clingan’s final double-double got here Nov. 13 throughout a house win over Minnesota when he scored a season-high 17 factors with 12 rebounds in 31 minutes. Clingan began rather than an injured Deandre Ayton.

Over the next 4 video games, Clingan averaged 6.3 factors and 10.8 rebounds with 2.5 blocked pictures earlier than being sidelined with a knee pressure for seven video games.

When he returned, Clingan averaged simply 13.9 minutes per recreation and produced 4.8 factors with 4.7 rebounds.

Billups stated following a December observe that Clingan’s conditioning, already considerably of a problem, had been set again whereas he was out.

However on Thursday, Clingan got here via with backup heart Robert Williams III resting as Clingan had accomplished Wednesday night time at New Orleans.

“It was good to see him again to being DC once more,” Billups stated. “That was extraordinarily optimistic.”