ROTATION: Starters -- Point guard Steve Blake, Shooting guard Brandon Roy, Small forward Nicolas Batum, Power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, Center Greg Oden. BENCH: Guard Rudy Fernandez, Center Joel Przybilla, Guard Sergio Rodriguez, Forward Travis Outlaw, Forward Channing Frye.
PLAYER NOTES: --C Greg Oden contributed 11 points and a season-high 13 rebounds with three blocked shots in a season-high 31 minutes. Oden made 3 of 4 shots from the field and 5 of 6 from the line and had a resounding dunk during the stretch run.
--G Steve Blake had 10 points and seven assists, six of them in the first half. He had only one turnover in 37 minutes. Blake and G Sergio Rodriguez had primary defensive responsibilities on Detroit's Allen Iverson, who made only 2 of 9 shots from the field and tied his season low with nine points.
--G Sergio Rodriguez scored eight points on 3 of 3 from the field and hit critical shots at the end of the second and third quarters. But the Spanish flash made only 1 of 4 free-throw attempts, his first misses at the line this season.
--F Nicolas Batum had seven points and a season-high seven boards in a season-high 31 minutes.
MEDICAL WATCH:
--F Martell Webster (stress fracture in a foot) has returned to practice and hopes to see action before the end of the road trip.
