6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021
Grizzlies beat Blazers twice in three days
By Anne M. Peterson
AP Sports Writer
PORTLAND — Ja Mo-
rant had 28 points and the
Memphis Grizzlies beat the
Portland Trail Blazers for the
second time in three days,
120-113 on Sunday, April 25.
Jonas Valanciunas, back
after missing three games be-
cause of concussion protocol,
added 21 points and 10 re-
bounds and the Grizzlies held
off a late rally by Portland.
“The most impressive thing
for us tonight was to not panic
late in the game. When they
went on that run we stayed
locked in,” Morant said. “We
got stops late and that was
needed for us to get the win.
Every punch they threw we
threw a punch back and that
allowed us to win the game.”
CJ McCollum had 27
points, and Jusuf Nurkic add-
ed 16 points and 19 rebounds
for the Blazers. They have lost
fi ve straight and nine of their
last 11 to fall to seventh in the
Western Conference — a half-
game ahead of Memphis.
Sunday’s contest was the
it a three-point game. Morant
added another pair of free
throws before Damian Lillard
missed on a 3-point attempt
that all but ended it.
Brooks fi nished with 18
points for Memphis.
“The whole game we just
said ‘Keep staying locked in,’ ”
Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins
said. “Our discipline was phe-
nomenal for the entire game.”
The Grizzlies were in the
midst of a seven-game road trip,
Craig Mitchelldyer/Associated Press longest of the team’s Memphis-
Portland Trail Blazers forward Norman Powell, center,
era. They’ll wrap it up on Mon-
shoots between Memphis Grizzlies center Xavier Till-
day at Denver, before hosting
man, left, and forward Brandon Clarke on Sunday, April the Trail Blazers on Wednesday.
25, at the Moda Center in Portland.
The Grizzlies were without
Jaren Jackson Jr. because of in-
second of three meetings
Anthony’s fourth straight 3.
jury management. Jackson has
between the two teams in less But Portland went cold and
played in two games this season
than a week. Morant had 33 the Grizzlies went on a 10-0
after left knee surgery and had
points and 13 assists in a 130- run to lead 104-92 after Dillon 23 points in 25 minutes off the
128 Memphis victory over the Brooks’ 3-pointer with 8:35
bench against the Blazers on
Blazers on Friday night.
left. Brooks’ short jumper
Friday night.
Memphis stretched the
pushed it to 111-96.
The Blazers were off at
lead to as many as 16 points
Portland rallied, getting
the start but went on a 12-0
in the third quarter but
to 114-111 on Nurkic’s layup run that put them up 20-16
Portland closed the gap to
and free throw with 58.3
in the opening quarter. The
94-92 on Carmelo Anthony’s seconds left.
lead was short-lived, however,
pullup 3-pointer with just
After Morant’s free throws, and the Grizzlies built a 51-40
over 10 minutes left. It was
Norman Powell’s layup made second-quarter lead capped by
Morant’s 3 pointer.
The Grizzlies had a 58-47
halftime advantage, paced by
Valanciunas with 13 points.
Portland was shooting just
29.4 points from the fi eld in
the fi rst half.
The game was heated at
times in the third quarter. An-
thony and Brooks exchanged
words and were given offset-
ting technical fouls. Earlier in
the quarter, McCollum was
charged with a fl agrant foul
on Brooks.
“I talk the whole game,”
Brooks said. “They don’t like
that. I’m physical and I don’t
think a lot of guys in the
league see this type of defense
so I’m bringing it every single
night and trying to rise to the
occasion.”
won eight of their last 11
games on the road.
• Trail Blazers: The Blazers
had fi ve fast-break points in
the opening half — compared
to 25 for the Grizzlies. ...
Portland now heads out on a
six-game trip.
LILLARD’S STRUGGLES
Lillard fi nished with 23
points, well off his average
this season of 28.5 points. He
missed three games earlier
this month because of a ham-
string injury, but recently he
hasn’t looked like himself.
Coach Stotts was asked af-
ter the game what was going
on: “He’s missing some shots
that he normally makes, but I
think that he’s competing. His
ankle’s a little bit sore today
from the last game. But that’s
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what I see.”
• Grizzlies: The teams were
For his part, Lillard said:
scheduled to meet in January “Right now, I’m not really sure.
but the game was called off be- The only think I can do is look
cause of coronavirus protocol. in the mirror at myself, evalu-
Memphis did not have the
ate myself. Just not playing
league-required eight players well enough.”
for the game due to contact
He added, “I’ve just got to be
tracing. ... The Grizzlies have better.”
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Timbers top Dynamo 2-1 for first victory of the season
went to the bench to hug Diego
Valeri, whose father Luis died
PORTLAND — Dairon Asprilla earlier this week. Coach Giovanni
and Cristhian Paredes scored and Saverese wore a black arm band.
the Portland Timbers beat the
“It was a huge shock for us, so
Houston Dynamo 2-1 on Saturday being able to dedicate this game to
night, April 24 for their fi rst victory him (Diego’s father) was something
of the season.
that was super special and some-
Asprilla scored in the sixth min- thing that meant a lot to us,” said
ute to give the Timbers the lead,
Timbers midfi elder Blake Bodily.
celebrating with a cartwheel and a
Ahead of the fi rst leg of Port-
backfl ip.
land’s CONCACAF Champions
After the goal, the entire team
League quarterfi nal match
By Anne M. Peterson
AP Sports Writer
Wednesday against Club America,
usual starters Valeri and Felipe
Mora didn’t come on until the
second half.
Houston equalized with an own
goal in the 27th minute when
Peredes tried to defl ect a pass from
Tyler Pasher. Pasher returned to
MLS this year after three seasons
with Indy Eleven in the USL
Championship.
Paredes broke the stalemate with
a goal for the Timbers off a pass
from Mora in the 73rd minute. Both
Paredes and Asprilla hadn’t scored
since 2019.
“Happy to score my fi rst goal,
I know last year wasn’t my best
season, but it is important for me
to come back this season and score,
and (show) how I’m going to help
the team moving forward,” Paredes
said.
Dynamo coach Tab Ramos said
he addressed Portland’s lineup
changes before the game.
“I said ‘Let’s not be fooled by their
lineup today because they’ve taken
out two or three of their guys who
are important, because there’s other
players who want to show that they
belong and they want to make a dif-
ference, in particular when you’re
playing at home.’ So we knew it was
going to be diffi cult. We knew it was
going to be a battle,” Ramos said.
The Timbers dropped their
opener last week to the Vancouver
Whitecaps, 1-0 in Utah.
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