麦考卢姆得分为42，但开拓者跌落到灰熊

与达米安·利拉德（Damian Lillard）一起去他的第一个孩子的出生，波特兰开拓者知道他们今晚必须更努力地对阵孟菲斯灰熊. Except they kinda...didn’t. CJ McCollum did his part, pouring in 42 points in just 25 shot attempts, but the rest of Portland’s band was de-tuned. Bad three-point shooting and lackadaisical defense conspired to keep the Blazers on the wrong side of the scoreboard, falling to Memphis 108-103.

一个摇摇欲坠的开始

开拓者队在比赛初期宣布了他们的意图，缓慢而马虎。他们的防守看上去很晚。进攻的形式很棒，但饰面似乎分散了注意力和缺乏。篮板也很广泛。当CJ McCollum在此期间着火至16分时，这几乎无关紧要。波特兰的第二个单元提供了开胃菜没有的能量，开拓者队以28-20的领先优势退出了第一台。

波特兰不能在第二局中扩大领先优势，因为钱德勒·帕森斯（Chandler Parsons）和灰熊队（Grizzlies）开始以仍然是lethergic的防守为三分。孟菲斯的水桶开始变得容易，而开拓者的储备则难以找到该范围。非创意进攻在Jusuf Nurkicproved he was bigger than anyone on the floor, rebounding and hitting up close. Then McCollum returned and poured another 9 points into the mix. Portland never recovered completely from the Memphis barrage but they still led 58-53 at halftime.

大个子和无名

Nurkic continued to assert himself on both ends in the third. For a while it looked like he’d be the missing ingredient to put Portland over the top. But he couldn’t defend everywhere. Despite Nurk’s dominance in the middle, the Grizzlies hit even more three-pointers, which Portland could not match. After Nurkic sat, Memphis also made free inside. The Grizzlies came within 74-73 with 1:17 remaining before McCollum rode to the rescue a third time, pouring in 7 points in the final 62 seconds to push Portland back to a five-point lead, 81-76.

第四阶段始于“ hoozat？”之战。俱乐部。Wade Baldwin IVscored Portland’s first eight points of the quarter, getting to the hoop like Wormtongue into Theoden’s ear. He staked the Blazers to an 89-82 lead at the 8:48 mark.

But as the period passed its midpoint, MarShon Brooks—a ten-day contract signee in his first game back from China—made Portland’s defense look silly. Brooks hit four three pointers on his way to 14 points in the frame, rocking the Blazers back on their heels. As Brooks was hitting from range, the lane opened up for the rest of the Memphis No-Name Crew, as both Portland game-long ills struck at once.

The Grizzlies took the lead for the first time all game at the 3:18 mark, courtesy of a Brooks three that put them up by one. Portland turned over the ball and Memphis converted again, giving them purchase. By the time the clock hit 1:00, they were up 5. With the Blazers facing the yawning maw of a loss, you know who it was time for...

That’s right,Zach Collins! Replacing Nurkic, Collins hit a three-pointer, then made an impressive defensive stand on the other end, leaving the Blazers down just 2, ball in hand, with 35 seconds remaining.

现在是时候让麦考勒姆在第四个也是最后一次节省一天了。除了他无法在最后30秒内尝试过任何一次镜头。加上埃文·特纳（Evan Turner）仅进行2次罚球中的1个帕特·康纳顿（Pat Connaughton）错过了三分之一的绝望，已经为时已晚。孟菲斯以5赢得了冠军，合适的决赛得分归功于布鲁克斯，后者为他们挽救了比赛。

What Happened?

On one hand, this was a disappointing loss. Even without Lillard, the Blazers should have been able to handle the second-worst team in the league. On the other hand, the loss was pretty typical. Portland looked as if they knew they could win with one good quarter, one great player, and a bunch of isolation shots in between. They almost did, if it weren’t for that meddling Brooks. Basic NBA Lesson #1: If you leave the door open for the other team, they might step through it. At no point did the Blazers have a firm grip on this game, nor were they particularly interested in finding one. They knew McCollum would save them in the end. He tried. It didn’t work.

几个巨大的差异凸显了。开拓者队以8-30射门（27％）投篮命中率，而孟菲斯的投篮命中率为13-25（52％）。这是与他们的季节趋势的完全反演。当年的灰熊平均35％。不同的孟菲斯人员发挥了作用，但波特兰的防守也是如此……利拉德的缺席不应该受到影响那很多。开拓者在外围屏幕上不利，没有节奏或节奏的情况下关闭。灰熊队的机会为零，可以在个人得分中跟上麦考卢姆。那些三分球使他们保持紧绷，即使他们没有表现正确，将潜在的井喷损失变成了胜利。

The Blazers also carried huge weight in the paint most of the night, especially via offensive rebounding. But first-half dominance became third-quarter spurts, which became a complete reversal of fortune in the fourth.

在这两个因素之间，开拓者在游戏中失去了所有有价值的房地产的控制权，这场比赛陷入困境，定居中距离错过和罚球。那时odds不再对他们有利。当孟菲斯跟进时，它结束了。

Individual Notes

CJ McCollum在16-25射击中以5次助攻击败了42个大球。他做了一切，除了在紧缩时间带回胜利之外。那时，孟菲斯可能会感到很舒服，让除了CJ免费的任何人，所以这是可以理解的。这并不是说开拓者们提供大量的球运动并跑步以生成选择。在McCollum上轻松进行非本地，并将其集中在之前的42上。

当Jusuf Nurkic的防守得以实现时，开拓者是一支不同且主导的团队。在此过程中，他将他们带到了几个季度，进行3次抢断，3个盖帽和4个进攻篮板。5-6射击也不错。但是，当Push推到Reve时，波特兰需要掩盖整个地板时，Nurkic就在替补席上。

Both Al-Farouq Aminu and Evan Turner struggled. Each shot 2-9 from the field with nary a three-pointer between them. Worse, their vaunted defense was slightly de-vaunted.

他们的挣扎不像Shabazz纳皮尔, who responded to his starting role with 2-11 shooting, 1-6 from distance. Caveat: Napier needs the ball in his hands and most of the time it was in McCollum’s.

Wade Baldwin IV had a heck of a night off the bench with 15 points on 5-6 shooting, drawing 7 foul shots, nabbing 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 21 minutes of play. His performance at the start of the fourth was knockout.

扎克·柯林斯（Zach Collins）也表现出色……全速和能量防御的少数西装外套之一。他以4-6杆的成绩，包括比赛后期的三分球，击中10分。

帕特·康纳顿（Pat Connaughton）looked lost on both ends, shooting 1-5, 1-4 from range, with an amazing out-of-bounds save and two blocks providing his high points.

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灰熊蓝色

The Trail Blazers sit at 46-29, 2 games ahead of the俄克拉荷马城雷霆在西部会议季后赛比赛中。

The Blazers return home to face theLos Angeles Clippers星期五晚上7:30 PM，太平洋。

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