The Grizzlies and Trail Blazers will be satisfying for the second time in Florida. Portland got 33 points from CJ McCollum, 29 from Damian Lillard and 21 from Carmelo Anthony in a 140-135 overtime win in each groups very first video game in the bubble on July 31.
The Grizzlies (34-39) ended up ninth and the Trail Blazers (35-39) eighth in the Western Conference in the routine season, earning a head-to-head matchup in which Portland, as the greater seed, should be beat two times in order to be rejected the Wests last playoff area.
His point player equivalent, Morant, got the much better of the All-Star in assists with 9.9 per contest in Florida, but shot simply 39.4 percent overall and 22.5 percent on 3-pointers while balancing 19.0 points.
The teams had fulfilled as soon as formerly, with the Grizzlies prevailing 111-104 in your home in February behind 27 points from Brandon Clarke. McCollum had 23 and Lillard 20 for Portland.
Portland has actually gone 6-2 given that arriving in Florida.
The Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Path Blazers get first fracture at the NBAs brand-new play-in tournament Saturday afternoon when the playoff hopefuls meet near Orlando for what might be the first of two straight days.
Jackson, who suffered torn meniscus in his knee 2 video games later, put in 33 points for Memphis.
Neither had much success from behind the arc in their 2 previous conferences, with Lillard going 4-for-16, while the novice Morant had a hard time at 1-for-12.
The Grizzlies, playing without star forward Jaren Jackson Jr., got triple-doubles from Jonas Valanciunas and Ja Morant in a 119-106 win over Milwaukee.
Lillard ended up the eight-game reschedule as one of the top scorers in the bubble at 37.6 points per video game, shooting 49.7 percent overall and 43.6 percent on 3-pointers. He added 9.6 assists and 4.3 rebounds per contest.
Needing a win to prevent falling into 10th location and having their season end in Thursdays late game, the Trail Blazers got 42 points from Lillard in a 134-133 triumph over Brooklyn.
Both groups rode excellent individual efforts to reach the play-in competition in must-win video games on Thursday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando.
If the Trail Blazers win Saturday, they would advance to a first-round playoff matchup with the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers.
” Were not going home,” Valanciunas said after the win. “Were going to fight till the last 2nd.”
If the Grizzlies win, a rematch would be played Sunday, with that winner advancing to face the Lakers.
” I would say that we mored than happy (and) relieved,” Portland coach Terry Stotts stated after the video game. “Were excited to be in the play-in round. We are where we wished to be. I dont believe any person is over the moon right now. We understand that we got a difficult opponent in Memphis, so there was no actual time to celebrate.”
The win was just Memphis second in 8 games since the restart.
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” I would state that we were happy (and) relieved,” Portland coach Terry Stotts said after the game. “Were delighted to be in the play-in round. We are where we wanted to be. I dont believe any person is over the moon right now. We understand that we got a tough opponent in Memphis, so there was no genuine time to celebrate.”
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