Blazers end five-game skid, top Pacers with three-point flurry
Anfernee Simons scored 27 points on nine 3-pointers, one shy of Damian Lillard s franchise record, and the Portland Trail Blazers routed the Indiana Pacers 133-112 on Tuesday night to end their five-game losing streak.
The Canadian Press
INDIANAPOLIS Anfernee Simons delivered the knockout flurry for Portland on Tuesday.
His teammates and coaches enjoyed watching it.
Simons made his first nine 3-pointers, finished with 27 points and helped the Portland Trail Blazers snap a season-high, five-game losing streak with a 133-112 rout at Indiana.
“After the first 3 I made in the second half, I knew it was going to be a good night for me, Simons said. “After that, I felt like it didn’t matter who was contesting or how close they were, I knew it was going to go in.
SERIES HISTORY
PORTLAND HOME: Trail Blazers lead, 27-19
MEMPHIS HOME: Series is tied, 23-23
LAST PORTLAND WIN: 140-135, 7/31/20 (Portland)
LAST MEMPHIS WIN: 120-113, 4/25/21 (Portland)
CURRENT WIN STREAK: Two (Memphis)
SERIES NOTES
• The Trail Blazers April 28 game against the Grizzlies will mark the conclusion of the 2020-21 season series between Portland and Memphis. Memphis leads 2-0, with all three meetings coming in the span of one week.
• LAST GAME: The Trail Blazers were defeated by the Grizzlies, 120-113, on April 25 at Moda Center. CJ McCollum paced Portland with 27 points (10-21 FG, 4-10 3-PT, 3-3 FT), two rebounds and three assists. Ja Morant led Memphis with 28 points (8-15 FG, 3-4 3-PT, 9-12 FT), eight rebounds, three assists and two steals.
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Matchup
After having their three-game win streak snapped on Tuesday night, the Pacers (29-32) will look to get back in the win column on Thursday. It won t be easy, however, as they take on Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and the East-leading Brooklyn Nets (42-20).
Indiana had won three straight games despite being without several key players, including all three of its centers, due to injury. But those absences finally caught up to the Blue & Gold in Tuesday s 133-112 loss to Portland. The Trail Blazers dominated Indiana from both beyond the arc and on the glass, making 20 3-pointers and outrebounding the Pacers, 57-38.
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