In this season's NBA trade deadline, the most unexpected thing for fans is that the Portland Blazers suddenly chose to tear down and rebuild, sending away the second boss McCollum and the third boss Powell in a row, just when everyone thought they had given up the season, the Blazers showed super combat effectiveness like a new life, in the case of Lillard hanging a free card, under the leadership of Simmons, successively defeated the Lakers, Bucks and Knicks, and in this regular season, The Blazers encountered a strong opponent away to meet the Grizzlies, which has a very strong momentum this season, although almost no fans before the game were optimistic that the Blazers could continue the pace of winning streaks, but they played a very good overall offense under the leadership of Simmons, and finally with the performance of five people scoring double-doubles, the Blazers narrowly defeated the Grizzlies 123-119, ending the opponent's six-game winning streak, and they also achieved a wave of four consecutive wins with extremely high gold content, bottoming out and rebounding. It also made many fans laugh at the fact that the Blazers were the biggest winners of the trade deadline!
The Grizzlies can from the first few seasons still need to fight for the playoff quota team, a leap to become this season's Western Conference powerhouse, core guard Morant is indispensable, in this game with the Blazers, Morant still continues his excellent competitive state, although the three-point shot feels cold, 6 shots only hit 1 goal, but his basket breakthrough score is almost unstoppable, In his 37.4 minutes out, he shot 10-of-14 from two-point range and scored 25 free throws from injury, eventually scoring a double-double of 44 points, five rebounds and 11 assists.
In the case of Morant's rampage, the Grizzlies still can't win the game, and the poor performance of other teammates is directly related, only Bane plays normally in the whole game, he single-handedly cut 30 points second only to Morant on 7-of-12 shooting outside the three-point line, but in addition to the double gun in the backcourt, the Grizzlies only came off the bench Clark alone to score double-figures, but only 12 points, which is why their winning streak was ended.
After Lillard was injured, Simmons, who replaced him in the starting lineup, with excellent personal performance, and the speed of instant popularity made many fans think of jeremy Lin of the year, in this game, Simmons's personal performance is still eye-catching, 18 shots hit 11 goals, including 10 three-pointers 5 of 10, a person bombed 31 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, which also made many fans praise Simmons is simply the reason for Lin crazy possession.
Under his tandem organization, the Blazers also played a very smooth overall offense, with a total of five players on the team scoring double-digit points, of which Nurkic was full of fire on the inside, shooting 12 of 17 with great efficiency to bomb 32 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block of the full personal data.
After the completion of the transaction, the Blazers' outstanding performance is undoubtedly the most willing to see the end of the team management, which will also greatly increase the probability of the team leaving Lillard, and the excellent performance of the role players will also allow them to have more room for operation in the player trading market after the end of the season!