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Memphis Grizzlies beat Portland Trail Blazers 124-103 to go 5-0 as Cameron Boozer posts his first triple-double
Cameron Boozer had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists to become the second-youngest player with a triple-double, and Memphis pulled away in the second half for its first 5-0 start since 2014-15. Ja Morant left with a hamstring injury.
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Cameron Boozer had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for the first triple-double of his career, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Portland Trail Blazers 124-103 at the Moda Center on Thursday, October 29, to stay unbeaten. Memphis is 5-0, its first 5-0 start since the 2014-15 season, and 4-0 on the road. Portland is 3-1.
Boozer, 19 years and 103 days old, became the second-youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double. He made 6 of 10 shots, including 4 of 5 threes, and Memphis outscored Portland by 20 points in his 28 minutes.
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How it turned
Portland scored 13 of the first 16 points of the game to lead 13-7, but Memphis answered with a 13-3 run that ran into the second quarter and put the Grizzlies up 28-25. The teams split the first two quarters exactly, 25-25 and 33-33, and it was 58-58 at halftime. The lead changed hands 10 times.
The Blazers led 64-60 early in the third quarter after Toumani Camara’s step-back three and a tip-in by Deni Avdija. Memphis took control from there. Threes by Cedric Coward and Jaylen Wells started a 12-2 run, and later GG Jackson and Isaiah Stewart keyed a 12-3 burst that made it 87-75 with 2:09 left in the quarter. Zach Edey scored twice in the last minute, and Memphis led 91-83 after three.
Portland got within 91-85 on Scoot Henderson’s pull-up early in the fourth. The Grizzlies then scored 20 of the next 24 points. Edey hit a 25-foot three, Ty Jerome scored seven points in less than two minutes, and Cam Spencer and Coward added threes as the lead reached 111-89 with 5:31 left. Memphis won the fourth quarter 33-20 and led by as many as 24.
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The numbers
Eight Grizzlies scored in double figures. Stewart led the bench with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting, Coward had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, Edey scored 13 on 6-of-8 shooting, Jackson had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and Quinten Post scored 10 in seven minutes. Wells and Jerome each had 10, though Jerome made only 3 of 12 shots. Spencer had 8 points and 8 assists off the bench.
Memphis shot 18 of 42 from three and 12 of 12 from the free-throw line, had 32 assists on 47 baskets and scored 21 fast-break points. Portland went 12 of 49 from three, and the Grizzlies turned the Blazers’ 16 turnovers into 23 points.
Portland’s side
Avdija led the Blazers with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, making 8 of 12 free throws. Ja Morant, playing his former team for the first time, scored 14 points in 23 minutes but left in the fourth quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return. Portland lists him as day-to-day. Damian Lillard scored 9 points on 3-of-13 shooting and made 1 of 9 threes. Camara had 13 points, and Donovan Clingan had 11 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks. The Blazers blocked 11 shots.
What’s next
The Trail Blazers visit the Utah Jazz on Saturday, October 31, at 3 p.m. ET (9 p.m. Cairo time). The Grizzlies host the Sacramento Kings on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Sunday Cairo time).
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