PORTLAND, ORE. – History almost repeated itself until Derek Anderson turned it on for the Trail Blazers.

After playing earlier this season in one of the lowest scoring games in the modern NBA era, the Blazers and Nets appeared headed in the same direction yesterday. Then, Anderson scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half and the Blazers won 83-71, sending the Nets to their ninth straight loss.

Zach Randolph had 23 points and 15 rebounds – his seventh double-double of the season – for the Blazers, who handed the 2-11 Nets their fifth consecutive loss on the road.

Richard Jefferson had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Nets, whose last win came against Portland on November 9.The losing streak is New Jersey’s longest since the Nets lost nine in a row from November 22-December 6, 2000. New Jersey finished 26-56 that season.

“I don’t look at this as a situation where we should panic, because we have 60-some games left,” Nets center Alonzo Mourning said. “We have plenty of time to make some positive things happen. It’s just a matter of tenaciously and collectively coming together.”

The 64-60 final score in the teams’ last meeting was just five points off the record for combined scoring futility. Yesterday’s game appeared to be on the same track. The Nets were ahead just 10-9 after the first quarter, but the Blazers took their biggest lead of the first half when Damon Stoudamire’s 3-pointer made it 28-22.

Portland led 30-25 at the half, tying the record for the NBA’s lowest combined first-half points total. The mark was set December 11, 2003, when host San Antonio led Houston 30-25 at halftime.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim gave the Blazers a 46-32 lead with a 21-foot jumper in the third quarter and the Blazers led easily the rest of the way. Abdur-Rahim finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds.