Injury update
16/11/2004
Sebastien Telfair has recovered from his minor injury. He will be included on the bench for the Trailblazers and place Chris Jeffries on the IR.
The Trailblazers next game is against the Memphis Grizzlies at home.
17/11/2004
The Grizzlies travel to Portland to meet the Portland Trailblazers. The Portland Trailblazers are coming off a 3 point win against the Raptors.
Starting line-ups
Back to the normal line-up with Abdur-Rahim being 100% fit. I think Wells should be starting over Miller but this creates a mismatch in Defence for the Blazers.
1st Half Recap
The 1st quarter starting off slow with Grizzlies taking a 7 point lead and Zach Randolph got a Back injury. The Blazers managed to comeback and take the lead with a Derek Anderson buzzer beating 3 pointer. Antonio Davis starred off the bench scoring 8 points replacing Randolph. Abdur-Rahim also scored 10 points.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim slamming it down.

Zach Randolph's injury.

Antonio Davis with the double clutch.
The Grizzlies started the 2nd quarter by taking back a 5 point lead over the Blazers. The Grizzlies continued their dominant offence by scoring some key 3 pointers to keep the lead above 5 points. Damon Stoudamire made a huge 4 point play by getting fouled from the 3 point line and making the shot and the and 1 which drew the game at 42 a piece. At 2:22 left in the quarter, Zach Randolph decided to check back in. The Grizzlies scored 5 points in a row then the Blazers scored 5 points in a row. The quarter ended with the Grizzlies up 49-48.
Theo Ratliff blocking Swift behind the backboard.

Damon Stoudamire's diving shot after being fouled.
Key players At the Half
2nd Half Recap
The Grizzlies went out on a 12-0 run in the first 2 minutes. The Grizzlies continued to increase their lead and ended the quarter up by 14 points.
Zach Randolph dunking over Pau Gasol.
The Trailblazers began to make a come back, cutting the deficit to 3 points. But the Grizzlies made their lead go back to 9 points. The Grizzlies continued to have a double digit lead until Damon Stoudamire hit a few 3's in a row to cut the lead down to 5 points. But it wasn't enough as the Grizzlies won this game 102 to 98.
Darius Miles sparking a come back.
Player of the Game
Gasol rebounded pretty well tonight.
Boxscores
Damon Stoudamire after the game, "Zach's injury came at a bad time where he could have helped us make a lead in the 1st quarter. Ruben Patterson was disappointed once again, I think he needs to come off the bench instead of starting."
Memphis's Mike Miller, "Pau Gasol was rebounding really well, he took advantage of his height against Zach (Randolph). We are now 5 and 3 half way through November."
Portland's next game is at home this Friday against the stuggling Milwaukee Bucks.
Injury update
Zach Randolph has sustained a minor injury, he has a sore shoulder which will bother him for 4 days, probably only against the Bucks this Friday. Theo Ratliff will replace him on the starting line-up, as well as Derek Anderson replacing the poor performing Ruben Patterson.
See you at the Rose Garden
Thankyou and good bye,
magadag25
Sports writer and Columnist
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Jugs on Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:26 am, edited 1 time in total.