{"id":641323,"date":"2026-03-05T17:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/641323\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:05:15","slug":"why-blazers-shouldnt-be-satisfied-after-win-vs-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/641323\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Blazers Shouldn’t Be Satisfied After Win vs. Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Portland Trail Blazers are picking themselves up after a 122-114 win against the Memphis Grizzlies inside the FedEx Forum. <\/a><\/p>\n

The Blazers struggled at points during the game, especially in the first half, but they managed to find a way to win the game. Blazers acting head coach Tiago Splitter spoke about how the veterans stepped up to the plate. <\/p>\n

“Jrue and Jerami took care of the game there. We were trying to find them; they were hot and just drawing plays for them and calling plays for them. Rob took advantage of the size under the rim in the second half. Overall, I think it was a tough game to beat, a weird lineup that they played with a lot of smalls and running and pressuring. It’s not easy; you still gotta make the job done,” Splitter said. <\/p>\n

Veterans Lead Blazers to Victory<\/p>\n

The Blazers tried to get more out of their younger players, but they struggled. The Grizzlies slanted the game towards playing with a smaller lineup and the Blazers were forced to adapt.<\/a><\/p>\n

“With DC just not scoring well, the ball, we were missing a lot of easy shots at the rim; it’s not finishing well. You still gotta win those games, and you gotta guard better. I think in our last quarter there they scored 25 points, so we were better. On that switch defense against smalls, Rob also did a great job defending the rim for us,” Splitter said.<\/p>\n

“I mean, the way they face the game, they are playing smalls. We took advantage and then crashed with our bigs or smalls, so everybody helped us on the offensive boards there.”<\/p>\n

Even though the Blazers came away with a win, Splitter feels the team still has room for improvement.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I think we were spot on in the second half. First half, we were not playing with confidence. We made mistakes, but the second half was a little bit better,” Splitter said. “We gotta be focused 100% of the game; at least aim for that, and there were too many mistakes there. We gotta get better.”<\/p>\n

\"Portland<\/p>\n

Portland Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter reacts during the second quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies. | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Blazers are returning to the court tomorrow when they take on Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun and the Houston Rockets. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. PT inside the Toyota Center in Houston. Fans can watch the game on Rep City Sports Network or stream it on NBA League Pass. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Portland Trail Blazers are picking themselves up after a 122-114 win against the Memphis Grizzlies inside the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,6,687,471,3967,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-641323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-portland","12":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","13":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","14":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116177661094292622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}