After Enes Kanter scored the first point of the match after just over half a minute, it just got tough.

And when the train had picked up speed, it drove everywhere in its path.

With 30 rebounds and also 24 points, it was the Turk who was behind the team's victory, 118-103, at home against the Detroit Pistons.

He thus broke the 46-year-old club record for most rebounds in a single match (27) set by Sidney Wicks on February 26, 1975.

Third to succeed in 20 years

In addition, Kanter became only the third player in the last 20 seasons to succeed with at least 20 points and 30 rebounds in one and the same match.

The other two are Dwight Howard for the Charlotte Hornets 2018 and Kevin Love for the Minnesota Timberwolves 2010, reports NBA.com.

The teammates appreciated Kanter's effort and cheered wildly during the match as the center continued to pick back after return.

When he then left the match in the final minutes, he received a standing ovation and was applauded by smiling teammates and leaders on the bench.

Enes Kanter is not the team's biggest star, but an important role player who agrees to sit on the bench sometimes, but at the same time delivers when he, like tonight, gets to play from the start.

Jusuf Nurkic, who is usually Portland's starting center, was rested when the team played two days in a row.

"I became so happy"

- I was so happy when I looked over towards the bench and saw that everyone stood up and cheered and smiled.

That's what basketball is about, to support each other, says Enes Kanter to AP after the match.

Team Coach Terry Stotts:

- It takes so much toughness on the part of a player to take a beating under the basket at both ends of the court to take those returns.

That Enes broke records says a lot about his will and ambition.

Fourth best in the entire NBA

Enes Kanter averages twelve rebounds per game this season, fourth best in the entire NBA, but averages less playing time than the top three names: Clint Capela (14.1 rebounds per game), Rudy Gobert (13.4) and Jonas Valanciunas ( 12.5).

Enes Kanter was selected as number three in the NBA draft in 2011 and makes its tenth season in the world's best basketball league.

Hans Portland is currently sixth in the Western Conference, just behind the reigning champion team Los Angeles Lakers.