Cameron Boozer is wasting no time making himself impossible to ignore.
The Memphis Grizzlies rookie powered his team to a 124-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday at Moda Center, and he did it with a line that jumps off the page: 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in 28 minutes. The win kept Memphis unbeaten at 5-0, and Boozer’s performance made him the second-youngest rookie in league history to post a triple-double.
He was efficient, too, going 6-of-10 from the floor and 4-of-5 from 3-point range.
After the game, Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo offered a dry little twist on the moment, saying the milestone should have arrived even earlier for the 19-year-old. “It took him long enough. It was his fifth game already,” said Iisalo, as quoted by The Daily Memphian's Drew Hill.
That kind of remark says plenty about how much confidence the Grizzlies have in their No. 3 pick from June. Boozer, the former Duke standout, is already being treated like someone whose big nights are expected, not surprising.
Boozer, for his part, kept the celebration in check.
“It's nice. I will keep going.
The season's just starting. We have 77 more, so a lot more to come,” said Boozer.
He also pointed to the challenge Portland presented and gave credit to his teammates for helping turn the game in Memphis’ favor.
“They are a hard team to guard. Ja (Morant), Dame (Lillard), and Deni (Avdija), that's a hard trio to stay in front of.
But at the end of the day, toughness, rebounds, we got some stops. We looked at size too.
Stew (Isaiah Stewart) got us going. Zach (Edey) got us going.
It's a lot of fun,” added the fast-rising newcomer.
Boozer’s game has already shown the kind of fearlessness that made him such a coveted prospect. He’s not backing down from veteran competition, and he’s not playing like a rookie learning on the fly.
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Memphis heads to Sacramento next, with a visit to the Kings on Saturday.
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