Elsewhere, however, Memphis’ injury report is quite the rap sheet. The club is missing four regular starters, guard Ja Morant (right shoulder on the mend), shooting guard Desmond Bane (sprained left ankle), small forward Marcus Smart (sprained right big toe) and power forward Jaren Jackson. Jr. (painful right quad). Big Brandon Clarke (left Achilles tendon repair), backups Derrick Rose (lower back pain) and Scotty Pippen Jr. (bulging pelvic disc) is also out for the night, while John Konchar (sprained left thumb) is questionable.\ nYou can’t cheat on a sick front. , the Blazers are also without guards Malcolm Brogdon (tendonitis in right elbow), Scoot Henderson (left adductor strain) and Shaedon Sharpe (abdominal surgery) and center Robert Williams. III (right knee ligament tear). Starting center Deandre Ayton is questionable with a sprained right hand (he missed last night), but Duop Reath has enjoyed a better run at jump center..
The Portland Trail Blazers (17-42) overcame an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies (20-41) 107-100 in overtime on Saturday at FedExForum. Portland won both games in that stretch to take the season series 3-1. Anfernee Simons led the Trail Blazers with 30 points, including 18 in the fourth quarter and overtime, along with seven rebounds and seven assists. JabariWalker recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 18 points and 12rebounds, his first consecutive double-double of the season. ToumaniCamara added 15 points.Santi Aldama and Vince Williams Jr. each had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Grizzlies. GG Jackson scored 17 points.Memphis led 81-63 with 9:29 remaining in the fourth quarter, but Portland managed to close the gap
with95:91 minutes remaining. Walker made a layup and made two free throws to tie the game at 95 with 1.3 seconds left in overtime.Portland outscored Memphis 12-5 in overtime to win the game as Walkerand Dalano Banton secured back-to-back offensive rebounds . to give Banton the leada layup that gave the Trail Blazers a 105-100 lead with 11.5 seconds remaining.The Trail Blazers outscored the Grizzlies 9-1 in second-chance points in the fourthquarterand overtime after just eight seconds. left handy points in the firstthree quarters.The Grizzlies face the Brooklyn Nets on Monday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. of.
