{"id":556361,"date":"2026-01-23T22:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/556361\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:03:15","slug":"trail-blazers-caleb-love-cherishing-every-moment-of-recent-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/556361\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers&#8217; Caleb Love &#8216;cherishing every moment&#8217; of recent surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caleb Love is emerging as one of the top rookies following a productive run, and the undrafted guard from Arizona is relishing the opportunity to contribute with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/portland-trail-blazers\/22\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Portland Trail Blazers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Love, signed to a two-way contract, is averaging 11.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists while shooting 32.9% from 3-point range in 37 appearances for interim coach Tiago Splitter. He has scored in double figures 20 times, including a career-high 26 points on Nov. 21.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old recorded 20 points, four rebounds and four assists off the bench in a 127-110 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/miami-heat\/14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Heat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miami Heat<\/a> on Thursday as the Trail Blazers improved to 23-22. It was his seventh 20-point outing, the sixth-most among all first-year players this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a dream to always be at this level and to produce at a high level,&#8221; Love said. &#8220;My journey has been so up and down, but I&#8217;m here now, and I&#8217;m just grateful and cherishing every moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Love has upped his production in a major way of late, averaging 16.3 points, 3.3 assists and 3.2 rebounds on 38.8% shooting from beyond the arc over his last 16 games. He scored at least 10 points in 14 consecutive games over that span, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/stathead\/basketball\/player-streak-finder.cgi?request=1&amp;timeframe=seasons&amp;year_min=2026&amp;year_max=2026&amp;streak_length=2&amp;scomp%5B1%5D=gt&amp;sval%5B1%5D=10&amp;sstat%5B1%5D=pts&amp;season_end=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the fourth-longest streak by a rookie this season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the fourth-longest streak by a rookie this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri native has knocked down the most 3-pointers by any rookie during that span (52), while ranking second in total points (261) and field goals (96). His 74 total 3s are the most ever in a single season by any player signed to a two-way contract.<\/p>\n<p>Love is emerging as a crucial player in the Trail Blazers&#8217; backcourt, providing the team with needed scoring and playmaking nightly. He is pleased with his play of late and welcomes the challenge of replicating it each game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love how many games that we play,&#8221; Love said. &#8220;You got a game almost every other day so that is kind of something I&#8217;ve been loving. You don&#8217;t have to dwell on a loss or a bad game too long, so that has probably been the best thing I&#8217;ve been going off of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Rookie Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/01\/23\/trail-blazers-caleb-love-rookie-season-stats\/88322383007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trail Blazers news: Caleb Love cherishing every moment of recent surge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Trail Blazers news: Caleb Love cherishing every moment of recent surge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caleb Love is emerging as one of the top rookies following a productive run, and the undrafted guard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,11691,189,6,687,471,3967,15840,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-556361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-caleb-love","11":"tag-miami-heat","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-portland","14":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","15":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","16":"tag-tiago-splitter","17":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115946679024857156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}