PORTLAND --Despite a season-high 36 points from CJ McCollum, the Portland Trail Blazers fell 98-97 to the Memphis Grizzlies in front of 18,692 Tuesday night at the Moda Center.“I thought it was a good game, both teams really played hard,” said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. There was a lot of ebb and flow to the game. I like the way we came back a couple times. Turnovers were an issue early in the first half, but we kind of overcame that.”The Trail Blazers are now 6-5 overall and 4-3 at home this season. The victory is the Grizzlies’ first in Portland since January 4, 2016.Tuesday night’s game was likely the most even-matched of the season thus far for the Trail Blazers, both in terms of talent and statistics. Portland made 36 field goals, Memphis made 35. Memphis made seven three-pointers, Portland made six. Memphis shot 25 free throws to 20 for Portland. Forty-eight points in the paint for Memphis, 46 for Portland. And the Grizzlies committed 15 turnovers to 16 for the Trail Blazers.
Portland Falls One Shot Short In Loss To Memphis
November 7, 20179:39 PM PST