The Portland Trail Blazers’ marvelous 123-119 win over the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday night added more drama to what has become the debate of the 2021-2022 season: To tank or not to tank?
Every time it appears the Blazers land on an answer, they toy with our hearts and minds by displaying beautiful basketball.
The Grizzlies came into Wednesday’s affair riding a six-game winning streak. All-Star starter Ja Morant tied a career-high with 44 points. The Memphis home crowd was rocking.
None of it mattered.
The supposed-to-be-tanking Blazers punched back all game long, before throwing the decisive haymaker late in a win over the NBA’s third-best team.