GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - MARCH 30TH, 2014 - SUNDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), NBATV & KGW

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2013-14 Season Record
GRIZZLIES
43-29 (20-15 Road)
BLAZERS
47-27 (26-9 Home)

WHEN: 6:00 PM, SUNDAY, 3/30/2014​

WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR

TV BROADCAST:

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RADIO BROADCAST:

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BENCH ROTATION

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES

CALATHES , ALLEN , MILLER , JOHNSON , LEUER , KOUFOS

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

WILLIAMS, BARTON , WRIGHT , ROBINSON , LEONARD

INJURIES
GRIZZLIES
Quincy Pondexter (tarsal navicular stress fracture, right foot) - OUT.
TRAIL BLAZERS
Joel Freeland (right knee sprain) - OUT.




HEAD COACHES

- VS –

DAVID JOERGER--- TERRY STOTTS



BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

• Sunday will mark the third and final regular season meetings between Portland and Memphis.

• The Grizzlies have won both matchups so far this season against the Trail Blazers, defeating Portland 98-81 in the first contest on Jan. 28 in Portland and 109-99 on March 11 in Memphis.

• LaMarcus Aldridge posted a double-double in both games against Memphis this season, totaling 27 points and 16 rebounds on Jan. 28 and 19 points and 10 rebounds on March 11.

• Five of the last eight games between Portland and Memphis have been decided by six points of fewer.

• The Grizzlies have won five consecutive and six out of the last seven matchups with the Trail Blazers.

• Last season the Trail Blazers lost the regular season series with Memphis (1-2) for the fi rst time since the 2005-06 season (1-2).

• Memphis forward Zach Randolph played six seasons with the Trail Blazers after being drafted by Portland with the No. 19 pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, averaging 16.0 points and 7.7 rebounds.

• Victor Claver and Grizzlies center Marc Gasol were teammates together on the Spanish National Team.

• Wesley Matthews and Memphis center Kosta Koufos were teammates in 2009-10 in Utah.

• Earl Watson spent three seasons, from 2002-05, with the Grizzlies and averaged 6.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.1 steals in that time.

• Memphis forward James Johnson was teammates with Portland forward Thomas Robinson for part of the 2012-13 season with the Sacramento Kings.

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 41-26
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 21-12
AT THE GRIZZLIES: Trail Blazers lead, 20-14

GO BLAZERS!!!​

 

[Kaydow]

Good guys haven't beaten a WC playoff team since Jan 18th though. Tonight would be a great time to start. Huge swing game. We either open up a 4 game lead over Mem, or they cut it to 2.

Win tonight and even if we finished 3-4 in final 7 games, Mem would have to go 8-1 to knock us out (since they own tiebreaker). We've played so bad against Mem this year, but they are 30-12 since Jan 1st. They are probably fighting for HCA right now if not for injuries. You know they're going to come out swinging after dropping last game to GS. May come down to whether our 3s are falling or not. Big game!

 

[TBpup]

Tough matchup because Memphis will go stretches where they don't double on LA and just have Gasol guard him one-on-one. That leaves the rest of the Blazers needing to create for themselves and that has not boded well for them all season.

They need this game in a big way but much like how we match up well with the Spurs, we do not have the same beneficial status against the Grizz.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Need to build momentum with this last stretch, and we owe these guys. Unlike the last time Memphis was in town, we should NOT spot them a 12-0 lead.

 

[THE HCP]

Damn....... big game tonight! Glad LA is back.

 

[riverman]

I look for the starters to come out swinging tonight! Every game from here on is important and we're playing good defense at the right time. Go Blazers!

 

[ehizzy3]

I'll be at the game tonight! We are 2-1 so far to the games I've attended. We need this win

 

[SlyPokerDog]

It was a bit of an ordeal but I'm finally in. Had to wait 20mins before they would issue me press credentials. I really need to do a criminal background check on myself.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

For those of you in the over/under contest I'm sitting at the very top of the 200 section. So far alone... by myself... but I have my laptop, a little TV showing ESPN highlights and my new glasses! Yes, the last time I sat in the 200 level I realized that my eyesight isn't exactly what it used to be so I decided to get the eyes checked and... glasses!

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I have a feeling Robinson is gonna have a great defensive night.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

One of the best things about having press credentials is you are allowed to roam anywhere! (Except the Blazer, visitor or Blazer dancers locker rooms.) So I just finished with a delicious and entertaining interview with the owners of Killer Burger!

Hey, why pay to eat in the press room with Jaynes and Canzano when you can get the first burger fresh off the grill!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'll be at the game tonight! We are 2-1 so far to the games I've attended. We need this win

Where ya sitting? I turned down 5th row center court to sit up here on the Isle of Misfit Press.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Where is everyone at in the game thread?

The blimp is flying! (Oh wait, I'm in press row, I'm not suppose to get excited by such things.)

Speaking of press row, it's filling up. Willamette Week, Portland Mercury and two guys from Comcast are here. I asked the two Comcast guys if either of them were the ones posting in the forum and they both looked at me like I had the plague.

 

[magnifier661]

Where is everyone at in the game thread?

The blimp is flying! (Oh wait, I'm in press row, I'm not suppose to get excited by such things.)

Speaking of press row, it's filling up. Willamette Week, Portland Mercury and two guys from Comcast are here. I asked the two Comcast guys if either of them were the ones posting in the forum and they both looked at me like I had the plague.

Would u mind kicking that bald fat guy in the balls for me?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

One of the things I was told is that I'm not allowed to take picture of the game or players. I'm not sure if that means the video score board? I wonder if I can take picture of their picture of the game and players?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Would u mind kicking that bald fat guy in the balls for me?

Jaynes doesn't sit up in the Isle of Misfit Press, he's down in the 100 level. I have no idea who these two other Comcast guys are.

 

[B-Roy]

The stream I'm watching doesn't have commercials so you can hear the announcers during breaks.

Barrett just said "I don't have a lot of confidence about this one", and Rice just chuckled.

 

[Strenuus]

We better show the intensity of the biggest game of the year....

 

[Strenuus]

The stream I'm watching doesn't have commercials so you can hear the announcers during breaks.

Barrett just said "I don't have a lot of confidence about this one", and Rice just chuckled.

haha wow. That's fantastic, and not surprising at all.

 

[PapaG]

We better show the intensity of the biggest game of the year....

It's really a playoff game, to some degree. Beat Memphis, and the playoffs are almost a lock, barring an 0-7 collapse to end the season.

 

[blue9]

Okay televised game - don't disappoint me! Go Blazers!

 

[PapaG]

The stream I'm watching doesn't have commercials so you can hear the announcers during breaks.

Barrett just said "I don't have a lot of confidence about this one", and Rice just chuckled.

Does anyone have a lot of confidence about this one? I see it as a 50/50 game, unless the Blazers have found something the last two games and it elevates their level of play.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'm sitting next to some guy from SBNation, has a large notebook full of play diagrams from both teams. I guess this is that real press looks like, lol.

 

[DamianLillard#0]

letsgooooooooo blazersssssssssss

 

[Blazinaway]

Lillard needs to tighten up this SLOP as playoff time nears, dumb plays back to back

 

[DamianLillard#0]

Such a dumb Turnovers.. wide open bad pass ? wtf..

 

[magnifier661]

Nice start

 

[Blazinaway]

Wes on fire

 

[PapaG]

Something weird is going on between LMA and Randolph. Lots of physical play between them.

 

[magnifier661]

Something weird is going on between LMA and Randolph. Lots of physical play between them.

They are always like that with each other