Owner Real Deal Posted December 24, 2011 Owner Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 TIME: 10:00 PM ET TV: NBALP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted March 23, 2012 Author Owner Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 PORTLAND, Ore. -- This season is not a lost cause to the Portland Trail Blazers. Nicolas Batum had 24 points and the new-look Blazers held off the Memphis Grizzlies 97-93 on Thursday. Jamal Crawford added 17 points, including four clutch free throws in the final seconds as Portland snapped a two-game skid to even to 2-2 under interim head coach Kaleb Canales. There had been plenty of speculation that the obviously rebuilding Blazers were just hoping to finish out the season the best they could after dismissing head coach Nate McMillan and trading away a pair of starters. The Blazers went into the night with nine losses in their last 12 games. "We never felt like that," LaMarcus Aldridge proclaimed after scoring 16 points in the win. Marc Gasol's layup for Memphis narrowed it to 91-88 with 2:15 to go. Neither side could get a shot to fall as time wound down, but Wesley Matthews made two free throws for Portland before Mike Conley's 3-pointer kept the Grizzlies close at 93-91. Crawford's two free throws with 13 seconds left gave Portland some cushion and after O.J. Mayo made a layup for the Grizzlies, Crawford added two more for the final margin. Rudy Gay missed a 3 at the buzzer for Memphis.http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120322_MEM@POR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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