Portland has done it again.
After trailing by eight points in the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers rallied on Saturday to top the Memphis Grizzlies, 126-122 and earn the final spot in the NBA playoffs. They needed another frantic rally in the fourth quarter to secure their fourth straight win and set up a first-round playoff matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers.
This time CJ McCollum and Carmelo Anthony provided the late heroics, hitting several big buckets in the final minutes to fend off the Grizzlies in the NBA bubble’s play-in game.