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The Trail Blazers’ fateful second quarter: Game 2 Roundtable

The Portland Trail Blazers dropped Game 2 to the Memphis Grizzlies, 82-97. All things considered, they actually played pretty evenly. The first, third, and fourth quarters were all decided by just two points. However; the Trail Blazers lost any control they had in the second (POR: 18, MEM: 31) and were unable to make up the ground they lost. So what went wrong in that fateful second quarter?

Bryce Olin: Like Game 1, it’s easy to point to the missed shots, but the biggest mistake in that second quarter alone was allowing Memphis to dominate the offensive glass.