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.
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.
Portland had a chance to come away with the victory after a video review of an out of bounds call that went against the Trail Blazers was overturned with 12.7 seconds to play in regulation. But McCollum’s 20-foot stepback jumper with less than three seconds to play was off, and though he was able to get his own rebound, the 6-5 guard out of Lehigh was not able to get another shot off before time expired.