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Portland Falls One Shot Short In Loss To Memphis

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.