Marcus Camby has injured not one, but both ankles in his brief time with the Portland Trail Blazers.  He injured his right ankle on February 23rd against the New Jersey Nets, only his third game with the Blazers after being acquired in a trade from the Los Angeles Clippers.  He missed just one game after that injury, but he injured his left ankle in practice only a couple of weeks later.  Camby again missed one game and returned last night in a 88-81 win over the Sacramento Kings.  Despite Camby being hobbled by his bad ankles, he has still been a force down low on defense.  In the seven full games he has played with the Trail Blazers, he has averaged 3.0 blocks per contest.  In his return against the Kings last night he had 5 blocks.  He has also averaged 8.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals.  He hasn’t been much help on offense though.  In those seven games he is averaging 31.4 minutes and only 3.9 points, including one scoreless effort against the Indiana Pacers.  Camby is obviously very injury prone, but the Blazers have themselves a great shot-blocker even when he is not healthy.

The Trailblazers outrebounded the Pacers 45-32 last night and it was a big reason for the beatdown they applied to them. Brandon Roy led the way for the Blazers last night with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge also had a solid game with 19 points and 7 rebounds last night. Rudy Fernandez was electric off the bench for the Blazers last night with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. The Trailblazers are now 37-27 on the year.

The Trailblazers have signed 28-year old PG/SG Travis Diener. Diener played in 4 games (0 starts) for the Pacers this season and he averaged 6.3 minutes, 0.8 points, 0.5 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. Diener has now played in 174 games (21 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 15.1 minutes, 4.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. This was a nice signing depth-wise for the Blazers.

The Trailblazers shocked the Grizzlies in the third quarter last night outscoring them 41-21 which set the stage for a nice road in last night in Memphis. Brandon Roy had a great game to lead the way for the Blazers with 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Nicolas Batum continued his fine play in the starting lineup as he pitched in with 21 points and 3 rebounds in 33 minutes on the court. Andre Miller made everything go on offense for the Blazers finishing with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists. The Trailblazers are now 36-27 on the year.

The rookies of the Trailblazers are stepping up when called upon. Power forward Dante Cunningham has played in 45 games (1 starts) for the Blazers this season and he is averaging 11.9 minutes, 4.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game on 50.6% shooting from the floor. Fellow power forward Jeff Pendergraph has also been effective when he has gotten the chance to play. Pendergraph has played in 29 games (4 starts) for the Trailblazers this season and he is averaging 11.9 minutes, 2.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game on 64.4% shooting from the floor. Point guard Patrick Mills was recently called up from the D-League. He has played in 6 games (0 starts) for the Trailblazers this season and he is averaging 2.3 minutes, 1.2 points, 0.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.