The Portland Trail Blazers may not be fielding recognizable lineups these days, but like

the best episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures, they find success by being plucky.

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On Sunday, Portland stunned the Play-In bound Minnesota Timberwolve

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On Tuesday evening, they gave the playoff-contending Memphis Grizzlies more than they wanted to handle

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Portland came out on the losing end, 119–109, but not without a fight.

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Despite shooting only 43.3% from the field and 33.3% from the arc, the hard-rebounding Blazers generated 97 shot attempts against only 87 for Memphis.

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That left the scoreboard close through the closing minutes of the fourth until

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the Grizzlies powered through a huge late-game run that put victory in their pockets.

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Shaedon Sharpe scored 20 points on 8-18 shooting despite constant attention from Memphis defenders

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