Brandon Roy Tells Blazers to Stop Monitoring His Minutes

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PHOENIX -- About a month ago, Brandon Roy seemed resigned to the fact that his body would no longer allow him to do certain things. He was all about restricting his minutes, telling The Oregonian, "The biggest thing is if we can limit the minutes I can be more explosive instead of trying to run along for 40 minutes. That's maybe just too much time."

How quickly things change.

Roy logged almost 41 minutes on Friday, and led all scorers with 26 points during his team's fourth straight victory, a 101-94 triumph over the Suns. And he did it on the second night of a back-to-back, after playing 38 minutes in Portland's nationally televised win over the Magic on Thursday.

It was arguably Roy's best performance of the season -- only twice had he scored more points, but he did so by making a lower percentage of his shots. And in this one, he also handed out a season-high six assists, not to mention the fact that he hit the big shot late to keep the Suns at bay while they made a spirited-but-belated attempt at a comeback.

For Roy, it's not so much that he's feeling that much better, or that his arthritic knee has somehow magically healed. Speaking to reporters after Friday's win, it was clear that it was his attitude that has changed, and that he is simply no longer willing to be victimized by his condition.

 

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/12/11/brandon-roy-tells-blazers-to-stop-monitoring-his-minutes/

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