TUALATIN -- The Trail Blazers were back to work on Sunday afternoon after having three days off from practice to get their bodies and minds right while Portland has a total of five days in between games.

The Blazers also welcomed back rookies Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent Jr. on Sunday. Both players were just recalled this week from their G-League stints.

After Trent averaged 33.3 points on 50.7% shooting, including a scorching 50.0% from three and 88.9% from the free throw line, many on the Blazers coaching staff and players were congratulating him and Simons on their impressive performances.

For Trent, though, it was an “unbelievable” experience.

“It was fun. It was great. I went down there, all the teammates had open arms, the coaching staff was great. It was an unbelievable experience,” Trent said after Sunday’s practice. “I’m glad I had the opportunity to go down there, but it feels good to be back around familiar faces.”

The 20-year-old shooting guard also averaged 5.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.67 steals in 34.4 minutes of action in five games with the G-League Texas Legends, which also including a game winning bucket in his final game with Texas.

It was obvious after having such a dominate performance in the G-League that Trent felt good about what he had accomplished and he was thankful to have the experience, but he was also thankful for the support from the Blazers now that he’s back in Portland.

“Just getting all the love from coaches and players, saying 'good work' and, you know, they were seeing it, so it was good to have that recognition,” Trent said.

After Sunday’s practice, CJ McCollum let the media know that he welcomed back both Trent and Simons and congratulated them on a job well done, but now it’s back to work.

“(Trent) went down there and played well. I told him, you’re not in the D-League in anymore, make sure that you’re on the court when you’re supposed to be,” McCollum said with a smile.

He also noted that both Trent and Simons “had a slow start today,” but McCollum made sure to add, he knows there was a lot of travel and a lot of games played in a short amount of time.

“It felt good to be back playing,” Trent said. Trent realizes that getting in game reps was important, but having so much success in the G-League did not boost his confidence.

It didn’t need to.

“I always feel ready. I always have a high-level of confidence in myself, but I went down there, I tried to show everything that I could do to contribute and hopefully it can translate,” Trent said.

Trent feels that the game and the sets the Legends ran were helpful in his devotement as a Trail Blazer even though Portland does not have an official affiliation with the Legends.

“We ran kinda the same stuff in a sense, just coming off flares and screens. It was a pretty good offense. It was a good offense for guards – just how it translates for the Blazers – great offense for guards as you can see with Dame and CJ, how they do it… It can translate,” Trent said.

Blazers head coach Terry Stotts does not evaluate his players G-League performance in any specific way, but he was “really pleased that they both contributed to winning.”

“I just want them to play well, do what they can do… You want them to play well, you want them to have good stats and all that, but for me, whenever a player goes to the G-League it’s not about, you know, he should average this or average that, it’s more about playing hard and helping a team win,” Stotts added.

Trent lead the way in his stint as Texas went 3-2; while Simons helped the G-League’s Agua Caliente Clippers go 2-2.

With the Clippers, Simons averaged 17.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 22.7 minutes of play.

Simons was also a little extra aggressive on the defensive end, which Stotts expected the rookie to play in such a manner.

“I thought they both really did well. Anfernee had one game where he fouled out in 14 minutes, which didn’t really surprise me. Gary obviously scored the ball really well in every game. That was pretty impressive… I saw the highlights of both their games and I thought it was really good experience for both of them,” Stotts said.

And, what about the game winning shot that Trent hit in his final game?

It sounds like Coach Stotts would’ve drawn up the exact same play.

“I’d say over six games he probably earned that opportunity, “Stotts said of the game winning bucket.

Now it's back to work with the big guys of the NBA with their eyes on the Western Conference standings.