Evan Turner has made history over the last two games.

The reserve playmaker has recorded triple-doubles in each of the last two Trail Blazers outings — both wins by Portland — entering his name into both franchise and NBA record books in the process.

On Monday, Turner secured the fourth triple-double of his career — four years to the day since his last — when he pulled down a defensive rebound late in a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

He finished that game with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists (with just one turnover) to become the first Blazers reserve since Rod Strickland in 1992 to log a triple-double off the bench. And by going 5 for 5 from the field on Monday, Turner also became the first player in NBA history to come off the bench and shoot perfectly from the floor while recording a triple-double.

Turner’s triple-double also marked the third by a Blazers player this season, joining CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic, who both recorded the first of their careers in January. Turner, McCollum and Nurkic became the first trio of Portland teammates to have triple-doubles in the same season since 1988-89 (Clyde Drexler, Jerome Kersey, Terry Porter).

And he wasn’t done.

On Wednesday, Turner turned in his second consecutive triple-double when he found rookie Anfernee Simons for an open three-pointer with 1:57 left in a win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

He finished with 13 points — on nearly another perfect shooting night, going 6 of 7 from the floor — and had seasons highs of 12 rebounds and 11 assists (with two turnovers). He joined Clyde Drexler (1989) as only the second Blazers player to record back-to-back triple-doubles and became the first player in NBA history to have a triple-double in consecutive games off the bench.

“It’s cool. Once again I did something Dame hasn’t done," Turner said with a smirk. “Anytime you get a triple-double, play a great game it’s a blessing. And to have this as a memory is even cooler.”

Turner joked after Lillard, who made franchise history of his own Wednesday night, once again flirted his first career triple-double after finishing with 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds in 29 minutes. After helping the Blazers flip a close contest into a blowout, Lillard, fresh off surpassing 2,000 points for the season, gladly enjoyed the final quarter from the comfort of the bench for Turner’s record-setting night.

“I think he just brings something different to this team,” Lillard said of what Turner means to the Blazers. "He’s great for our locker room, great for the morale of the team. He brings a good feeling to the team, and I think regardless of what his stats would be or anything done on the floor, sometimes some people just have that effect on a team and I think he’s that guy for us.”

— Sean Meagher

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