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Billups Praises Simons, Fourth Quarter Defense in Win over Grizzlies

The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 107-100 in overtime on Sunday night, marking their second consecutive road win against Memphis in as many nights.

In his postgame press conference, Portland coach Chauncey Billups noted beating the same team twice in two days is no easy task. This may explain why Sunday’s come-from-behind OT battle was much more difficult than Friday’s 122-92 drubbing, even with Memphis more shorthanded than Portland (which is saying something right now).

I just knew coming into the game that we were going to have to do everything we could.