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 Lillard scored a game-high 27 points, raining in seven of 11 shots
from beyond the arc, while CJ McCollum added 20 points as the Trail
Blazers (4-2) won their third consecutive game.
Courtney Lee led Memphis (3-3) with 18 points, while Zach Randolph
contributed 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Marc Gasol added 15
points.
Portland outscored Memphis 40-25 in the third quarter to turn a
tight game into a rout. Overall, the Blazers shot 50.6 percent from
the field, sank 15 of 30 shots from three-point range and
outrebounded the Grizzlies 47-36.
Trailing by four points at half, Memphis got even at 62-62 midway
through the third quarter. Lillard then buried long three-pointers
to start and finish a 12-1 run that pushed Portland ahead 74-63.
The Blazers' advantage was 88-69 after another pair of Lillard bombs
from beyond the arc, and forward Ed Davis' runner at the buzzer took
Portland into the fourth quarter with a 90-71 edge.
When Lillard knocked down his sixth three-pointer of the game to
give the Blazers a 95-71 lead, it was over.
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Memphis ended the first quarter on a 6-0 run to take a 23-18 lead
into the second period. Lillard and McCollum were a combined 1-for-9
shooting in the quarter.
Lillard and McCollum hit back-to-back three-pointers and Plumley had
a follow dunk in an 8-0 run that carried Portland into halftime
leading 50-46. Lee had 12 points for the Grizzlies at the break.
(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)
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