McCollum drops Blazers-record 28 points in 1st quarter vs. Bulls

CJ McCollum just went nuclear.

The Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard poured in 28 points in the first quarter against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night, a franchise record for single-quarter scoring (breaking the previous record of 26 held by Damian Lillard), the most any player has dropped in a quarter this season, and the most anyone has ever scored in a quarter against Chicago.

As impressive as the point total was the efficiency with which he accrued it, shooting 11-of-14 from the field and 4-of-5 from 3-point range, many of those jumpers being the contested, step-back, high-degree-of-difficulty variety. He outscored the Bulls by nine points all by himself in the frame, posting a plus-24 in 12 minutes.