Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics will take place at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter on Thursday, March 17 at 10:00 PM ET.
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The Portland Trail Blazers will welcome the Boston Celtics to Moda Center at the Rose Quarter for an NBA game on Thursday. The Portland Trail Blazers lost 107-123 in their last game over the Knicks. Damian Lillard was questionable before the game with a calf injury, but he started for Portland and led all scorers with 38 points. Jerami Grant also missed the game because of a hip contusion and Trendon Watford started for the Blazers instead.
“The (Blazers) backcourt is so dynamic and puts so much pressure on you constantly. They don’t go away, so very pleased overall with our defense,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. “The rebounding was really good, and in the second half we took care of the ball.”
The Blazers were just 3-7 over their previous 10 games to drop to 13th in the West. But, a cluster of teams vying for playoff spots in the conference meant that Portland still had a chance with 13 games to go after the loss to the Knicks.
The Minnesota Timberwolves on the other hand won 102-104 against the Timberwolves in their last game. Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and Jayson Tatum added 22 as the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-102 on Wednesday night. Malcolm Brogdon added 12 points off the bench for Boston, which overcame a tough shooting night to win for the third time in four games.
The Celtics shot 40.5% from the field and were 12 of 40 (30%) from 3-point territory. They remained a game ahead of Philadelphia for second in the Eastern Conference and closed within 2 1/2 games of Milwaukee for first. “I thought our physicality, that competitive nature was at a 10 and we just have to continue to execute the margins in clutch situations,” Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said. “We won most of them tonight.”
“I like the way we fought tonight,” Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert said. “The way we stayed locked in on defense, playing defensively. Not having a lot of things going our way. But we, for the most part, kept our composure. Kept our physicality throughout the whole game. I’m really proud of the way we played.”
Portland Trail Blazers: Trendon Watford, Matisse Thybulle, Jusuf Nurkić, Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons
Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Al Horford, Marcus Smart, Derrick White
Portland Trail Blazers: Justise Winslow, Damian Lillard, Jerami Grant, Ibou Badji
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum, Payton Pritchard, Robert Williams III, Danilo Gallinari
The game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics will take place at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter on Thursday, March 17 at 10:00 PM ET.
The match between the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics will be telecast live on NBC Sports Boston, Root Sports Northwest.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports Boston, Root Sports Northwest. | March 17 (10:00 PM ET) |
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