On December 16, Beijing time, the Blazers played at home against the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies successfully defeated the Blazers 113-103 at the end of the game. The Blazers' performance at this stage is bad, coupled with the fact that this game is back-to-back, even if the current Grizzlies are missing Morant, it is still very difficult for the Blazers to win, after all, the current Grizzlies have excellent performances in the absence of Morant, so it is really difficult to say whether the Blazers can win. After the game began, the Grizzlies also performed well and took the lead, and when the Blazers found the offensive status to reverse the score, in the fourth quarter of the game, the Blazers attacked and powered off to let the Grizzlies complete the counterattack, and finally the Grizzlies won the game and gave the Blazers 7 consecutive losses.
The Blazers made a 13-4 start in the first quarter, but the Grizzlies went on a 13-3 run to complete the comeback, ending the first quarter with the Grizzlies leading by four points. In the second quarter of the game, Bane and Jackson joined forces to extend the lead, Simmons and Powell scored to stop the bleeding, but the Grizzlies were still able to respond, and when Lillard also began to respond later, the Grizzlies still maintained their offensive state, and the Blazers trailed by 8 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, Lillard led the team to close the score, although the Grizzlies responded afterwards, but Lillard, who found the outside touch, continued to help the team score, and then coupled with Powell's play Blazers to complete the counter-overtaking, after the Blazers maintained the form to occupy the lead, the Blazers led by 2 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Blazers' offense was sluggish, and this time the Grizzlies seized the opportunity to play an offensive climax, and in the following game, the Grizzlies steadily suppressed the Blazers, and finally the Grizzlies won the game.
The reason why the Grizzlies were able to win the game in this game, Dillon and Bain were also great, the two played an excellent performance in the game, especially in the fourth quarter when the Blazers tried to fight back, Dillon and Bane's performance was to help the team stabilize the situation, and finally Bane's three-point shot also completely killed the suspense of the game, and Dillon got 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists at the end of the game, and Bane was more explosive. By the end of the game, Bain had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 8-of-13 shooting.
On the other hand, it is a pity that the Blazers suffered a reversal, after all, in the third quarter of the game, the Blazers played an excellent offensive performance, but their long offensive downturn in the fourth quarter of the game made the opponent completely open the score, but in this game Powell also really tried his best, his performance in the third quarter of the game is still very good to help the team, the end of the game Powell got 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists data. As for Lillard's still poor performance in this game, the previous must-have layup in the fourth quarter of the game also did not hit, and Lillard had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-21 of 21 in the game, including 5 of 11 three-pointers.
After the game has no suspense, Lillard is also shaking his head here and looking very frustrated, after all, Lillard is obviously very eager to help the team win, especially when he sees Lillard's three-point performance on the outside, he thought he could lead the team out of the predicament, but in the end Lillard still did not do such a thing. There was a lot of discussion about whether the Blazers' double gun should be dismantled, but in the end the Blazers did not do it, but now seeing the Blazers struggling so much, especially when seeing that Lillard's patience is getting less and less, the Blazers' double-gun lineup should really be dismantled, after all, if it continues, it is difficult to say whether Lillard can win the championship and whether it can enter the playoffs this season.