The Portland Trail Blazers fell 119-96 to the Memphis Grizzlies in a game that Memphis led since early in the first quarter. While the Blazers made a third quarter push that brought the deficit to single digits, the Grizzlies kept their foot on the gas and managed to quell the Portland run.

The Blazers were led in scoring by Jerami Grant’s 21 points. Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdija followed with 17 points each. Rookie center Yang Hansen made his first NBA start and finished with a 4-point, 5-rebound 2-assist performance. There were some obvious growing pains, including 4 fouls in 8 minutes in the first half, but he was able to put together a respectable second half while playing through foul trouble.

Memphis was led by three bench contributors as Santi Aldama, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, an

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