Jan 22, 2021 - Memphis Grizzlies at Portland Trail Blazers

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The NBA Has Given Itself Over To Chaos

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2021 NBA Cap Space: Projecting All 30 Teams

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A group of nine teams that currently project to have cap space in 2021. Several others could join them, and a handful are going to be over the cap almost no matter what.

1/22/2021 Portland v. Memphis Game Preview

	Memphis Grizzlies	(5-6, 4-1 away)
	Portland Trail Blazers	(7-5, 3-3 home)

January 22, 2021 at 10:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Moda Center
Portland, Oregon

Discuss this game at the Grizzlies or Trail Blazers forums.

Season Series

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 20, 2021	Memphis	Portland	-	-	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jan 22, 2021	Memphis	Portland	-	-	Regular Season	Moda Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Memphis	11	48.5	41.5	92.4	.450	10.2	30.7	.331	13.3	17.1	.777	14.5	18.5	10.7	35.4	46.1	26.8	9.7	5.2	106.5
Portland	12	48.4	40.5	91.3	.443	16.4	42.8	.383	18.6	23.1	.805	12.0	20.9	9.0	34.8	43.8	22.2	8.5	4.7	116.0
MEM Opponents	11	48.5	40.0	88.1	.454	11.8	33.0	.358	16.1	20.4	.790	15.7	17.2	9.7	36.1	45.8	24.9	8.9	6.1	107.9
POR Opponents	12	48.4	41.3	88.3	.468	13.6	37.2	.365	19.7	25.0	.787	14.2	20.0	9.4	37.9	47.3	25.5	6.3	5.1	115.9

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 20, 2021	Memphis	Portland	-	-	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jul 31, 2020	Memphis	Portland	135 - 140	Portland	Regular Season	The Arena
Feb 12, 2020	Portland	Memphis	104 - 111	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Apr 3, 2019	Memphis	Portland	89 - 116	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 5, 2019	Portland	Memphis	111 - 120	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Dec 19, 2018	Memphis	Portland	92 - 99	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 12, 2018	Portland	Memphis	83 - 92	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Apr 1, 2018	Memphis	Portland	98 - 113	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 28, 2018	Portland	Memphis	103 - 108	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 20, 2017	Portland	Memphis	100 - 92	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 7, 2017	Memphis	Portland	98 - 97	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jan 27, 2017	Memphis	Portland	109 - 112	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 8, 2016	Portland	Memphis	86 - 88	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 6, 2016	Portland	Memphis	100 - 94	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Feb 8, 2016	Portland	Memphis	112 - 106	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Jan 4, 2016	Memphis	Portland	91 - 78	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Nov 13, 2015	Portland	Memphis	100 - 101	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 5, 2015	Memphis	Portland	96 - 115	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 29, 2015	Portland	Memphis	93 - 99	Memphis	Playoffs	FedExForum
Apr 27, 2015	Memphis	Portland	92 - 99	Portland	Playoffs	Moda Center
Apr 25, 2015	Memphis	Portland	115 - 109	Memphis	Playoffs	Moda Center
Apr 22, 2015	Portland	Memphis	82 - 97	Memphis	Playoffs	FedExForum
Apr 19, 2015	Portland	Memphis	86 - 100	Memphis	Playoffs	FedExForum
Mar 21, 2015	Portland	Memphis	86 - 97	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Feb 22, 2015	Memphis	Portland	98 - 92	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jan 17, 2015	Portland	Memphis	98 - 102	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 28, 2014	Memphis	Portland	112 - 99	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 30, 2014	Memphis	Portland	98 - 105	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 11, 2014	Portland	Memphis	99 - 109	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Jan 28, 2014	Memphis	Portland	98 - 81	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 3, 2013	Memphis	Portland	94 - 76	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 12, 2013	Memphis	Portland	102 - 97	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 6, 2013	Portland	Memphis	85 - 91	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Jan 4, 2013	Portland	Memphis	86 - 84	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Apr 21, 2012	Portland	Memphis	89 - 93	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Mar 22, 2012	Memphis	Portland	93 - 97	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jan 24, 2012	Memphis	Portland	84 - 97	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 12, 2011	Memphis	Portland	89 - 102	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 13, 2010	Portland	Memphis	73 - 86	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 16, 2010	Portland	Memphis	100 - 99	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Mar 1, 2010	Portland	Memphis	103 - 93	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Jan 5, 2010	Memphis	Portland	109 - 105	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Nov 27, 2009	Memphis	Portland	106 - 96	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Nov 10, 2009	Portland	Memphis	93 - 79	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Apr 7, 2009	Portland	Memphis	96 - 93	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Mar 28, 2009	Memphis	Portland	66 - 86	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 16, 2009	Portland	Memphis	103 - 92	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Feb 18, 2009	Memphis	Portland	90 - 94	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 15, 2008	Memphis	Portland	91 - 113	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 3, 2007	Portland	Memphis	106 - 105	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 9, 2007	Memphis	Portland	98 - 110	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 29, 2007	Memphis	Portland	96 - 92	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Feb 23, 2007	Memphis	Portland	103 - 102	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jan 27, 2007	Portland	Memphis	135 - 132	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Dec 13, 2006	Portland	Memphis	85 - 79	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Dec 30, 2005	Memphis	Portland	93 - 90	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 21, 2005	Portland	Memphis	79 - 89	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 22, 2005	Portland	Memphis	95 - 87	Portland	Regular Season	FedExForum
Mar 14, 2005	Portland	Memphis	83 - 104	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Mar 12, 2005	Memphis	Portland	66 - 80	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Feb 11, 2005	Portland	Memphis	82 - 88	Memphis	Regular Season	FedExForum
Nov 17, 2004	Memphis	Portland	101 - 82	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 3, 2004	Memphis	Portland	97 - 88	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jan 28, 2004	Portland	Memphis	88 - 76	Portland	Regular Season	Pyramid Arena
Dec 7, 2003	Portland	Memphis	79 - 93	Memphis	Regular Season	Pyramid Arena
Nov 5, 2003	Memphis	Portland	87 - 93	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 11, 2003	Portland	Memphis	93 - 96	Memphis	Regular Season	Pyramid Arena
Jan 20, 2003	Portland	Memphis	99 - 87	Portland	Regular Season	Pyramid Arena
Jan 15, 2003	Memphis	Portland	92 - 100	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Nov 6, 2002	Memphis	Portland	88 - 94	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 11, 2002	Portland	Memphis	99 - 102	Memphis	Regular Season	Pyramid Arena
Mar 25, 2002	Memphis	Portland	103 - 100	Memphis	Regular Season	Moda Center
Jan 24, 2002	Memphis	Portland	82 - 120	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Nov 15, 2001	Portland	Memphis	101 - 85	Portland	Regular Season	Pyramid Arena
Apr 12, 2001	Portland	Vancouver	100 - 87	Portland	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Mar 9, 2001	Portland	Vancouver	85 - 95	Vancouver	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Mar 6, 2001	Vancouver	Portland	105 - 97	Vancouver	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 29, 2000	Vancouver	Portland	81 - 104	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 8, 2000	Vancouver	Portland	85 - 98	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 6, 2000	Portland	Vancouver	87 - 89	Vancouver	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Mar 3, 2000	Vancouver	Portland	91 - 101	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Nov 2, 1999	Portland	Vancouver	106 - 86	Portland	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Apr 6, 1999	Vancouver	Portland	89 - 98	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Mar 8, 1999	Portland	Vancouver	92 - 73	Portland	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Feb 8, 1999	Portland	Vancouver	95 - 76	Portland	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Apr 11, 1998	Portland	Vancouver	96 - 105	Vancouver	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Mar 26, 1998	Vancouver	Portland	102 - 108	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 21, 1997	Portland	Vancouver	86 - 88	Vancouver	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Dec 19, 1997	Vancouver	Portland	91 - 96	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Apr 17, 1997	Portland	Vancouver	105 - 73	Portland	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Mar 28, 1997	Vancouver	Portland	81 - 115	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 12, 1996	Vancouver	Portland	78 - 99	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Nov 1, 1996	Portland	Vancouver	114 - 85	Portland	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Apr 14, 1996	Portland	Vancouver	81 - 79	Portland	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Apr 2, 1996	Vancouver	Portland	85 - 101	Portland	Regular Season	Moda Center
Dec 15, 1995	Portland	Vancouver	100 - 104	Vancouver	Regular Season	Rogers Arena
Nov 3, 1995	Vancouver	Portland	92 - 80	Vancouver	Regular Season	Moda Center

2020-2021 Memphis Grizzlies Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Jones	D. Brooks	K. Anderson	B. Clarke	J. Valanciunas
Rotation	J. Morant	D. Melton	D. Bane	X. Tillman, Sr.	G. Dieng
Rotation	J. Konchar	G. Allen
Rotation		S. McDermott
Lim PT			J. Winslow	J. Jackson, Jr.	K. Tillie
Lim PT				J. Porter

2020-2021 Portland Trail Blazers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Lillard	C. McCollum	D. Jones	R. Covington	J. Nurkic
Rotation	A. Simons	G. Trent, Jr.	R. Hood	C. Anthony	E. Kanter
Lim PT		K. Blevins	C. Elleby	N. Little	H. Giles
Lim PT					Z. Collins

Memphis Grizzlies Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
3	Grayson Allen	SG	10	20.6	2.0	5.5	.364	1.3	4.0	.325	1.5	1.6	.938	0.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.7	1.1	0.3	6.8
1	Kyle Anderson	PF	11	29.8	4.6	11.5	.405	1.5	4.4	.333	2.2	2.7	.800	1.9	1.8	0.9	6.4	7.3	4.2	0.4	0.6	12.9
22	Desmond Bane	SG	11	22.3	3.0	6.6	.452	1.7	3.7	.463	0.6	0.8	.778	1.1	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	8.4
24	Dillon Brooks	F	11	30.1	6.4	16.5	.387	2.2	6.8	.320	1.7	2.1	.826	2.7	3.5	1.5	2.7	4.2	3.3	1.5	0.5	16.6
15	Brandon Clarke	PF	11	28.7	5.8	12.2	.478	0.5	2.2	.250	0.9	2.1	.435	0.8	1.6	1.6	4.1	5.7	1.7	0.9	0.8	13.1
14	Gorgui Dieng	FC	9	17.0	3.1	6.0	.519	1.1	2.7	.417	0.8	0.8	1.000	1.1	1.6	1.2	3.3	4.6	1.6	1.0	0.6	8.1
13	Jaren Jackson, Jr.	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Tyus Jones	PG	11	27.0	3.6	8.7	.417	0.6	2.8	.226	0.5	0.6	.714	1.1	0.5	0.4	2.5	2.8	5.7	1.5	0.3	8.4
46	John Konchar	G	5	19.5	2.0	4.6	.435	0.6	1.6	.375	1.2	1.2	1.000	0.2	1.2	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.8	1.4	0.4	5.8
30	Sean McDermott	SG	3	13.8	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	1.7	.200	0.7	0.7	1.000	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.3
0	De'Anthony Melton	SG	6	21.1	3.8	8.0	.479	1.0	2.5	.400	0.2	0.3	.500	1.5	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	2.7	1.3	1.0	8.8
12	Ja Morant	G	3	27.1	10.0	18.3	.545	1.0	3.0	.333	5.3	6.3	.842	2.3	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.3	6.3	0.7	0.7	26.3
11	Jontay Porter	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	Killian Tillie	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Xavier Tillman, Sr.	PF	6	18.2	3.3	6.0	.556	0.0	0.5	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.2	1.7	1.2	2.3	3.5	1.7	0.8	0.7	7.0
17	Jonas Valanciunas	C	11	27.3	5.8	10.9	.533	0.4	1.2	.308	2.9	3.8	.762	2.4	3.5	2.8	7.9	10.7	1.8	0.8	1.0	14.9
7	Justise Winslow	SF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Portland Trail Blazers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
00	Carmelo Anthony	F	11	24.5	3.7	9.3	.402	1.8	4.2	.435	2.8	3.2	.886	0.9	2.2	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	12.1
11	Keljin Blevins	G	4	5.1	0.2	1.5	.167	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
33	Zach Collins	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Robert Covington	F	12	30.5	2.2	6.8	.333	1.7	5.1	.328	0.6	0.7	.875	1.2	2.8	0.5	5.1	5.6	1.7	1.4	0.5	6.8
16	C.J. Elleby	SF	6	5.6	0.8	1.3	.625	0.3	0.8	.400	0.3	0.5	.667	0.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	2.3
10	Harry Giles	PF	8	7.9	0.9	2.1	.412	0.2	0.5	.500	0.5	0.8	.667	0.6	1.9	0.4	2.8	3.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.5
5	Rodney Hood	F	10	13.1	0.6	3.0	.200	0.3	1.4	.214	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.5
55	Derrick Jones	SF	12	26.5	2.4	5.5	.439	0.8	2.4	.310	1.2	2.0	.583	0.7	2.8	1.2	2.5	3.8	0.7	1.1	0.8	6.8
11	Enes Kanter	F	12	18.7	4.2	6.5	.641	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.800	1.0	1.9	3.6	5.3	8.9	0.5	0.5	0.5	10.0
0	Damian Lillard	G	12	35.7	8.2	18.7	.442	3.8	9.9	.378	6.7	7.2	.930	2.9	1.2	0.3	4.3	4.7	6.8	1.0	0.2	26.9
9	Nassir Little	SF	3	5.8	0.7	1.0	.667	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7
3	C.J. McCollum	G	12	35.1	9.8	20.8	.470	4.9	11.3	.434	3.2	3.8	.844	1.1	2.2	0.6	3.7	4.2	5.3	1.4	0.2	27.6
27	Jusuf Nurkic	FC	12	23.4	4.2	8.6	.485	0.2	1.0	.250	1.2	2.2	.556	1.9	2.8	1.9	5.8	7.7	2.8	0.9	0.9	9.8
1	Anfernee Simons	SG	9	10.3	1.4	4.6	.317	1.1	3.4	.323	0.4	0.7	.667	0.3	1.1	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.2	4.4
2	Gary Trent, Jr.	SG	10	24.2	3.9	8.8	.443	2.3	5.3	.434	0.8	1.2	.667	0.4	1.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.1	10.9

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