PORTLAND — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 20 factors and 7 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the Portland Path Blazers 134-89 on Sunday evening.
Jake LaRavia added 18 factors off the bench for the Grizzlies, who led by as many as 45 factors and has received 5 of their final six video games.
Jerami Grant scored 20 factors for Portland, which has misplaced three straight.
Memphis was lacking Ja Morant, who’s day-to-day with an injured proper hip, and Marcus Sensible and Desmond Bane.
The Grizzlies jumped out to a 31-17 lead after the primary quarter and led by as many as 25 within the first half.
It was the primary assembly between Memphis’ rookie Zach Edey and Portland’s Donovan Clingan because the 2024 NCAA championship recreation when Clingan and UConn defeated Edey’s Purdue.
Clingan completed with 13 factors and Edey had 12.
Takeaways
Grizzlies: The Grizzlies went into the sport main the league in factors within the paint with 60.8. That they had 58 towards the Blazers. … Memphis’ 5-foot-8 Rookie Yuki Kawamura got here into the sport within the fourth quarter to applause from the Blazers followers.
Path Blazers: The Blazers held a second of silence earlier than the sport for former broadcaster Brian Wheeler, who handed away on Friday at age 62.He was the voice of the Path Blazers from 1998-2019.
Key Second
Within the opening quarter Edey boxed out Clingan and popped out the rebound to Scotty Pippen Jr., who made the 3-pointer to place the Grizzlies up 29-11 and the rout was on.
Key Stat
The Blazers dug a deep gap within the first half, taking pictures simply 17 of 49 from the ground. They have been simply 1 of 18 from 3-point vary. The Blazers completed simply 4 of 42 from 3-point vary.
Up Subsequent
The Path Blazers host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.