Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 1: GRIZZLIES VS BLAZERS - JULY 31, 2020 - FRIDAY, 1:00 PM, NBCSNW & NBATV

[Darkwebs]

2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
32 - 33
(14-18 Road)
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
29 - 37
(18-14 Home)

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---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

PG

JA MORANT VS DAMIAN LILLARD

SG

DILLON BROOKS VS CJ McCOLLUM

SF

KYLE ANDERSON VS CARMELO ANTHONY

PF

JAREN JACKSON Jr. VS ZACH COLLINS

C

JONAS VALANCIUNAS VS JUSUF NURKIC

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WHEN: 1:00 PM (PDT), FRIDAY, 7/31/2020

WHERE: The Arena at ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando, Florida

TV BROADCAST:

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RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------

-- MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES --

MELTON , ALLEN , KONCHAR

GUDURIC , JACKSON , WATANABE

CLARKE , TOLLIVER

PORTER , DIENG


---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----

ADAMS , SIMONS , TRENT Jr.

HEZONJA , LITTLE , HOARD

GABRIEL , WHITESIDE , BROWN


INJURIES
GRIZZLIES
Tyus Jones (knee soreness): OUT
Justise Winslow (hip): OUT
TRAIL BLAZERS
Trevor Ariza (personal reasons): OUT
Caleb Swanigan (personal reasons): OUT
Rodney Hood (torn Achilles): OUT



HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TAYLOR JENKINS --- TERRY STOTTS



OFFICIAL GRIZZLIES' GAME NOTES
OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

• Friday's meeting will be the second of two games between the Trail Blazers and the Grizzlies during the 2019-20 season. Memphis leads

the season series, 1-0.

• The Grizzlies lead the Trail Blazers by 3.5 games in the Western Conference standings. Portland must pass Memphis or be within four games back at the conclusion of the eight seeding games in order to force play-in games for the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference Playoffs.

• LAST MEETING: The Grizzlies took down the Trail Blazers, 111-104, in Memphis on Feb. 12. CJ McCollum led Portland with 23 points (9-25 FG, 3-9 3-PT, 2-2 FT), three rebounds, five assists and one steal, while Brandon Clarke led Memphis with a career-high 27 points on 12-of-14 shooting (3-5 FT), to go with six rebounds, one assist, two steals and one block.

• CJ McCollum has scored at least 20 points in seven of his last eight games against the Grizzlies, including two games of 40-plus points. McCollum is averaging 20.9 points per game against Memphis for his career, his-fifth highest average against any team.

• Damain Lillard scored 20 points (7-19 FG, 2-7 3-PT, 4-4 FT) to go with five rebounds, 10 assists and one steal against Memphis on Feb. 12. Lillard has reached the 20-point mark in each of his last four games against the Grizzlies, including double-doubles in each of his last two.

• Anfernee Simons had a season-high 22 points (7-12 FG, 6-7 3-PT, 2-2 FT) to go with seven rebounds and one assist at Memphis on Feb. 12. It was the second-highest scoring game of his career, and his six 3-PM were one shy of his career-high (seven, Apr. 10, 2019 vs. Sac.).

• Ja Morant finished with 20 points (9-23 FG, 2-2 FT), five rebounds, nine assists and one steal in his first career game against Portland on Feb. 12.

• Brandon Clarke had matched his career high with 27 points (12-14 FG, 3-5 FT) to go with six rebounds and two steals off the bench against the Trail Blazres on Feb. 12.

• Jonas Valanciunas recorded 12 points (5-11 FG, 2-4 FT), 18 rebounds, two assists and three blocks against the Trail Blazers on Feb. 12. Valanciunas has scored in double figures in 11 straight games against Portland.

• CONNECTION: Portland guard Gary Trent Jr. and Memphis guard Grayson Allen were teammates at Duke University during the 2017-18 season.

• CONNECTION: Portland center Hassan Whiteside and Memphis forward Justice Winslow were teammates on the Miami Heat from 2015-19.

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 50-40
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 27-17
AT THE GRIZZLIES: Series is tied, 23-23

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[Darkwebs]

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Return of the Quack--Darkwing Duck is back!!

 

[Labinot41]

Absolutely must must must must must must win game

 

[BonesJones]

W

 

[riverman]

Now we're cookin'! Thanks DW for getting this out there before HCP mucked up a jinxed game thread! Go Blazers!

 

[Hoopguru]

Rip City....playing in a bubble, who would have thought? Nice thing about round ball it can be played just about anywhere....

 

[TBpup]

This is pretty much a must win right out of the gate. Otherwise, they have to beat everyone else to #9 and then sweep the Griz in the 2-game play in.

Go-Play-Destroy!

 

[hoopsjock]

2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
32 - 33
(14-18 Road)
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
29 - 37
(18-14 Home)

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______________________________
---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

PG

JA MORANT VS DAMIAN LILLARD

SG

DILLON BROOKS VS CJ McCOLLUM

SF

KYLE ANDERSON VS CARMELO ANTHONY

PF

JAREN JACKSON Jr. VS ZACH COLLINS

C

JONAS VALANCIUNAS VS JUSUF NURKIC

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WHEN: 1:00 PM (PDT), FRIDAY, 7/31/2020

WHERE: The Arena at ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando, Florida

TV BROADCAST:

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RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------

-- MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES --

MELTON , ALLEN , KONCHAR

GUDURIC , JACKSON , WATANABE

CLARKE , TOLLIVER

PORTER , DIENG


---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----

ADAMS , SIMONS , TRENT Jr.

HEZONJA , LITTLE , HOARD

GABRIEL , WHITESIDE , BROWN


INJURIES
GRIZZLIES
Tyus Jones (knee soreness): OUT
Justise Winslow (hip): OUT
TRAIL BLAZERS
Trevor Ariza (personal reasons): OUT
Caleb Swanigan (personal reasons): OUT
Rodney Hood (torn Achilles): OUT



HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TAYLOR JENKINS --- TERRY STOTTS



OFFICIAL GRIZZLIES' GAME NOTES
OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

​

Great to come on the forum and see a @Darkwebs game thread.

 

[Scalma]

Welcome back goat.

As for the matchup, just judging from what I saw in the scrimmages I think Collins should start.

 

[blazerkor]

Welcome back goat.

As for the matchup, just judging from what I saw in the scrimmages I think Collins should start.

Yeah, if Stotts goes with Hassan with Nurk instead, I will be surprised and dismayed. Our starting lineup (as shown above) and our bench both look better than Memphis. I think we got this.

 

[AldoTrapani]

It’s weird on paper we should be a damn good team. Especially with Hood but obviously he’s hurt.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I voted with everyone else BUT we were four losses behind the Grizzlies going into the March 12th game against them. Kings, Pels, and Spurs had 1 fewer loss than us. If we’d lost that game, we probably wouldn’t have recovered esp with a 6 game road trip looming. With this CURRENT schedule, there’s no pressure on us to pass Memphis and our two extra games played is an unfair disadvantage to the Pels and Kings esp since Pels won the season series. Ok I’m changing my vote.

 

[Orion Bailey]

2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
32 - 33
(14-18 Road)
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
29 - 37
(18-14 Home)

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______________________________
---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

PG

JA MORANT VS DAMIAN LILLARD

SG

DILLON BROOKS VS CJ McCOLLUM

SF

KYLE ANDERSON VS CARMELO ANTHONY

PF

JAREN JACKSON Jr. VS ZACH COLLINS

C

JONAS VALANCIUNAS VS JUSUF NURKIC

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------- JERSEYS -------

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WHEN: 1:00 PM (PDT), FRIDAY, 7/31/2020

WHERE: The Arena at ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando, Florida

TV BROADCAST:

AND

RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------

-- MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES --

MELTON , ALLEN , KONCHAR

GUDURIC , JACKSON , WATANABE

CLARKE , TOLLIVER

PORTER , DIENG


---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----

ADAMS , SIMONS , TRENT Jr.

HEZONJA , LITTLE , HOARD

GABRIEL , WHITESIDE , BROWN


INJURIES
GRIZZLIES
Tyus Jones (knee soreness): OUT
Justise Winslow (hip): OUT
TRAIL BLAZERS
Trevor Ariza (personal reasons): OUT
Caleb Swanigan (personal reasons): OUT
Rodney Hood (torn Achilles): OUT



HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TAYLOR JENKINS --- TERRY STOTTS



OFFICIAL GRIZZLIES' GAME NOTES
OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

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HES BACK!!!!!

You dont know how close we all were to straight up destroying each other!!! Thank God our superhero is back!~!!!!

 

[Strenuus]

For a brief moment, seeing this game thread made me forget about the pandemic.

Darkwebs is the cure. We must go into testing.

 

[THE HCP]

BRO!!!!!!!! Really?

 

[Darkwebs]

Portland's new starting five:

 

[Chris Craig]

Darkwebs has returned!!!!

 

[THE HCP]

I thought we voted DarkWing off the island.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I thought we voted DarkWing off the island.

He found an Idol though.

 

[Eastoff]

I thought we voted DarkWing off the island.

You shut your filthy mouth!

 

[riverman]

I thought we voted DarkWing off the island.

We did, but the only person who stayed behind on the island was YOU! BAM! DW has bigger landscapes in mind.....sorry bro...didn't mean to use "landscape" .....my bad

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Yeah, if Stotts goes with Hassan with Nurk instead, I will be surprised and dismayed. Our starting lineup (as shown above) and our bench both look better than Memphis. I think we got this.

Brandon Clarke is better than anyone on the Blazers' bench. Tyus Jones and De'Anthony Melton are far better than Simons and Trent.

 

[Chris Craig]

Brandon Clarke is better than anyone on the Blazers' bench. Tyus Jones and De'Anthony Melton are far better than Simons and Trent.

Most of the "bench" we saw in the scrimmages won't be playing

 

[riverman]

Just noticed Tolliver is playing with the Grizz now....he's going for the record as far as teams played for over a career

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Most of the "bench" we saw in the scrimmages won't be playing

That doesn't change anything I posted.

 

[riverman]

That doesn't change anything I posted.

I think it might because we haven't seen our bench rotation with a full playbook yet....and in my view....Mario is way better than he was earlier...and now Ant has found his shot for the first time in ages.....you may be right but I don't think either team knows this as a certainty at this point....Hassan didn't come off the bench with the second unit either...we essentially have a bigger bench than we did all season

 

[Scalma]

Brandon Clarke is better than anyone on the Blazers' bench. Tyus Jones and De'Anthony Melton are far better than Simons and Trent.

Simons maybe Trent hell no. Plus, Jones is out.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Plus, Jones is out.

Good to know

 

[blazerkor]

Brandon Clarke is better than anyone on the Blazers' bench. Tyus Jones and De'Anthony Melton are far better than Simons and Trent.

I don't think Jones or Melton are better than Trent. Clarke is really good and I know this is comparing apples to oranges but he is not markedly better than Hassan, he just isn't. Their rotation in my opinion will not be better than ours. Also I think Nas will get some PT and I think he is going to look really good. I also don't think Ant will play.