For the second time in three days, the Portland Trail Blazers fell to the Memphis Grizzlies 120-113 at the Moda Center. CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard led the Blazers in scoring with 27 and 23 points respectively while Jusuf Nurkic put together a double-double with 16 points and 19 boards. Ja Morant and Jonas Valanciunas were the top scorers for the Grizzlies. Morant poured in 28 points while Valanciunas added 21 along with 10 rebounds.
You can find a quarter-by-quarter recap of the game from Steve Dewald here. After you’ve caught up with that, here are five observations from today’s loss.