Joel Freeland Pulls Down Career-High 17 Rebounds in Blazers Win! - Hoopsfix.com

Joel Freeland Pulls Down Career-High 17 Rebounds in Blazers Win!

Joel Freeland set a new career best of 17 rebounds to help Portland to a convincing 114-93 win against Philadelphia.

The GB forward was given a fifth consecutive start and also scored 6 points in 25 minutes as the Trail Blazers were without primary bigs Robin Lopez, LaMarcus Aldridge and Chris Kaman.

Freeland had also set a season-high of 9 points against the Sixers earlier in the season, and his 17 boards were a season-best for Portland.

“The last few games I really wasn’t at my best rebounding,” he said via The Columbian. “I really wanted to focus on that tonight.

“I was more worried about them than getting the rebound. Tonight it just kind of fell to me. I was in the right position at the right time.”

The 27-year-old is averaging 4.8 points, 7.0 rebounds in 21.8 minutes per game since being given a recent starting spot.

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