Game 81 Recap: Trail Blazers 102, Grizzlies 89
In a Nutshell The Blazers use a strong second half filled with turnover-breakouts and three-pointers to vanquish a surprisingly active Grizzlies team playing without Zach Randolph. By virtue of...
| Final - 4.12.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Grizzlies | 25 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 89 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 18 | 29 | 28 | 102 |
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Gameday Open Thread: Grizzlies 89, Sixth-seed Blazers 102
Well, it was a closer game than we might have liked, but the Blazers put away the Memphis Grizzlies to seal the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Memphis sat Zach Randolph and Tony Allen, but...
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 25 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 89 |
| Portland | 27 | 18 | 29 | 28 | 102 |
| Memphis | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Young | 36 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Darrell Arthur | 15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| Marc Gasol | 30 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 10-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 11 |
| O.J. Mayo | 33 | 5-13 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Mike Conley | 31 | 8-13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 17 |
| Shane Battier | 29 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Greivis Vasquez | 17 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Ishmael Smith | 13 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Hamed Haddadi | 19 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10-4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Leon Powe | 12 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Jason Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Zach Randolph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Tony Allen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Rudy Gay | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Xavier Henry | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-79 | 6-12 | 11-18 | 42-15 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 23-2 | 89 | |
| .456 | .500 | .611 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 0 (11 pts) | |||||||
| Portland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Wallace | 34 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 14 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 28 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 11-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 22 |
| Marcus Camby | 30 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Wesley Matthews | 29 | 5-16 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Andre Miller | 32 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Nicolas Batum | 32 | 4-14 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Rudy Fernandez | 27 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Brandon Roy | 15 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Patrick Mills | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Chris Johnson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Armon Johnson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Earl Barron | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Greg Oden | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Luke Babbitt | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Elliot Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-80 | 9-18 | 21-23 | 39-14 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 15-1 | 102 | |
| .450 | .500 | .913 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ron Garretson, Leroy Richardson, Tom Washington
Duration:2:12
Officials: - Ron Garretson, Leroy Richardson, Tom Washington
Duration:2:12
