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Article: Roy turns back into tiger Trail Blazers guard rediscovers form to sink Nuggets.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- December 24, 2008
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Byline: Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News
For 1 3/4 games, it appeared an NBA Development League player had taken over Brandon Roy's body.
The Portland guard scored 52 points Thursday, concluding a stretch in which he averaged 36.4 points in five games. But then Roy could do little for a game and three quarters.
But the real Roy emerged in the fourth quarter Tuesday night, scoring 12 of his 19 points to help the Trail Blazers to a 101-92 win against the Nuggets at the Rose Garden.
In the Nuggets' 97-89 win Monday against the Trail Blazers, Roy shot only 3-of-11 for eight points. In the first three quarters Tuesday, he shot only ...