Portland Trail Blazers won play in series against Memphis Grizzles.

                                                                                                     Image Credit:@twitte/@trailblazers

It's a story of telling, not having any chances to make into the playoffs before resuming the NBA and how they made it to the playoffs. Damian Lillard is the MVP of this Bubble environment play. In this game, He scored 31 points with 10 assists but CJ McCollum and Carmelo Anthony were the ones who took away a game from the Memphis Grizzlies. 

Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points and CJ McCollum made 29 points. Nurkic is the scored 22 points with 21 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks which is a huge number for any player in a game. 

In the fourth quarter just under 2 minutes to play in a game, CJ McCollum hit a 3-pointer when they have an only one-point lead. Portland Trail Blazers took 4 points lead. 1:21 minutes to go, CJ McCollum, made a jumper on Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant. This play of CJ McCollum gave 6 points lead to Portland. 20.2 seconds left in the game, Once again Carmelo Anthony made a huge 3-pointer on Damian Lillard pass and clutch 2 free-throws which took away a game from Memphis Grizzlies. Everyone thought that Anthony's NBA career is over before joining Portland now he is playing like a top player in the league. 

CJ PUTTING THE TEAM ON HIS (FRACTURED) BACK pic.twitter.com/FXVsAxzOGj

— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) August 15, 2020

 

Memphis Grizzlies had the best chance to secure a playoff spot but they lost 7 games after resuming of NBA season and won only 2 games which cost them a playoff spot. Rookie Ja Morant was good in this game against Portland but He scored 35 points with 4 rebounds and 8 assists but couldn't help his team to stay in play-in series. Jonas added 22 points with 17 rebounds and 6 assists. Brook and Clarke both scored 20 points.  

Now Portland Trail Blazers will face number one seeded team Los Angeles Lakers. After this performance from Damian Lillard and his team, It looks like Los Angeles Lakers, not the Heavy Favourite to win a title.  

Stuck together. Dug deep.

Western Conference Play-In Highlights presented by @McDonalds pic.twitter.com/7ut9eNCrsz

— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) August 15, 2020