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01-17-2015, 01:31 PM
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Top competition has bothered the Portland Trail Blazers, and their last two games have driven that point home.
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The Memphis Grizzlies can further those concerns Saturday night by handing the visiting Trail Blazers their first three-game losing streak of the season.
Of the Blazers' 30 wins, 23 have come against opponents with current records under .500, including eight of their last nine. Eight of their 10 losses have come against teams with winning records.
Against the vaunted Western Conference, Portland (30-10) is 13-8 while going 17-2 against the East.
It is 12-6 on the road, but only one of those wins has come against a winning team - a 129-119 triple-overtime victory in San Antonio on Dec. 19 with the Spurs missing Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard.
Terry Stotts' team wasn't as fortunate in Friday's 110-96 loss in San Antonio, which came two days after a 100-94 home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Stotts recognized the difference in competition this time around.
"Obviously getting Leonard back and Patty Mills and Parker, none of those guys played last time we played them and all three of them made an impact on the game," Stotts said.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/trail-blazers-grizzlies-preview-071155655--nba.html
Top competition has bothered the Portland Trail Blazers, and their last two games have driven that point home.
You Wanna Impress That Special Someone?
The Bouqs Sponsor
The Memphis Grizzlies can further those concerns Saturday night by handing the visiting Trail Blazers their first three-game losing streak of the season.
Of the Blazers' 30 wins, 23 have come against opponents with current records under .500, including eight of their last nine. Eight of their 10 losses have come against teams with winning records.
Against the vaunted Western Conference, Portland (30-10) is 13-8 while going 17-2 against the East.
It is 12-6 on the road, but only one of those wins has come against a winning team - a 129-119 triple-overtime victory in San Antonio on Dec. 19 with the Spurs missing Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard.
Terry Stotts' team wasn't as fortunate in Friday's 110-96 loss in San Antonio, which came two days after a 100-94 home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Stotts recognized the difference in competition this time around.
"Obviously getting Leonard back and Patty Mills and Parker, none of those guys played last time we played them and all three of them made an impact on the game," Stotts said.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/trail-blazers-grizzlies-preview-071155655--nba.html