Portland won’t be able to stop Denver’s center, but here’s how they might slow him.
... not hyper-athletic and doesn’t present a physical matchup contrast to Jokic. Enes Kanter is not as fast as Nurkic. Neither one is close to Adebayo, or even Allen, in ...
How much have things really changed in two years, and how great is the danger Portland will again eliminate Denver from the playoffs?
... ive sells Victorian home in Boulder for $4M AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post Enes Kanter (11) of the Portland Trail Blazers defends Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver N ...
Durability seems like a lost art in today’s NBA. Load management, minor injuries, and players trying to stay healthy for the playoffs often make stars take
... ers have to be without Jusuf Nurkic for most of the season. Gladly for them, Enes Kanter didn’t disappoint the slightest. While not a good defender, he gave them a b ...
The compressed, coronavirus-threatened, NBA regular season like none other is over. All 1,080 games that were scheduled were played, and now the play-...
... rk’s RJ Barrett, Orlando’s Dwayne Bacon, Phoenix’s Mikal Bridges, Portland’s Enes Kanter and the Utah duo of Bojan Bogdanovic and Georges Niang. Bridges, Robinson, J ...
Russell Westbrook had more triple-doubles than almost any trio of NBA players, free-throw shooting was better than ever and 3-point shooting was more prolific than ever once again.
... rk’s RJ Barrett, Orlando’s Dwayne Bacon, Phoenix’s Mikal Bridges, Portland’s Enes Kanter and the Utah duo of Bojan Bogdanovic and Georges Niang. Bridges, Robinson, J ...
The NBA playoffs are here! But first, let's figure out which teams will make it out of the play-in tournament. Are the defending champs vulnerable?
... arch of their best seven or eight players. Their bench has been spotty, with Enes Kanter and Carmelo Anthony's minutes expectedly coinciding with dips on the defensi ...
PORTLAND -- The Portland Trail Blazers finished with 2020-21 regular season Sunday night with a victory versus the Denver Nuggets. Now they’ll move on to the postseason where they’ll face... the
... rebounds in 20 minutes. Norman Powell added 19 points on 5-of-9 shooting and Enes Kanter put up 14 points and 15 rebonds in 22 minutes. Carmelo Anthony and Anfernee ...
The Blazers dominated from start to finish to earn the sixth seed in the Western Conference.
... llum made 9 of 17 shots. Lillard hit on 7 of 13. Both went 5 of 9 on threes. Enes Kanter came off the bench for 14 points and 15 rebounds. -- Aaron Fentress | afentr ...
A rematch of the 2019 Western Conference Semifinals!
... as Terry Stotts shortening the rotation to just eight players, bringing just Enes Kanter, Carmelo Anthony and Anfernee Simons off the bench. Heading into the regular ...
Portland scored the first 11 points of the game and never looked back.
... ts in the game’s first 16 minutes, were enough to keep the Blazers up by 20. Enes Kanter also played strong. To their credit, the Nuggets kept Jokic in for most of t ...
Roses are red, south is not north, with Sunday’s win the New York Knicks have clinched fourth.
... d training camp. Obi banker! — The Strickland (@TheStrickland) Remember when Enes Kanter would never, ever, ever set an actual screen? A Beautiful and Perfect Screen ...
With both teams jockeying for play-in position, Connor Letourneau takes stock of the...
... dunks. His 314 second-chance points are the second-most in the league behind Enes Kanter’s 318. Looney, the Warriors’ best defensive rebounder, will have the bulk of ...
The Warriors and Grizzlies play Sunday in a winner-take-all duel for the No. 8 seed in the West playoffs.
... and has scored 314 second-chance points this season, behind only Portland’s Enes Kanter. Like Kanter, Valanciunas is relentless on the offensive glass. He’s big, ha ...
The Suns will be without center Deandre Ayton for the second straight game as Phoenix will face the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.
... ed the Blazers on Thursday by a total of 42-33 and contained Portland center Enes Kanter to just one offensive rebound. Williams went on to say that he is looking at ...
