Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports
Credit Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

Damian Lillard scored 32 points and Norman Powell contributed seven of his 28 points on crucial shots down the stretch as the visiting Portland Trail Blazers snapped the Memphis Grizzlies' five-game winning streak with a 105-100 victory on Sunday.

Player of the Game
Damian  Lillard
EFF
23
Damian Lillard
Points 32
Accuracy 9-19
Rebounds 5
Assists 5

Dillon Brooks led the Grizzlies with a career-high 37 points.

Powell made the last of his five 3-pointers to give Portland a 97-95 lead with 2:47 remaining off one of Lillard's five assists. Lillard assisted Powell again on a mid-range jumper with 31.9 seconds left, ultimately putting the game away for the Blazers.

The latter basket gave Portland a four-point lead, as Jusuf Nurkic had tipped-in his own miss at the rim to break a 97-97 tie with 1:14 to go. Nurkic finished with nine points and matched teammate Larry Nance Jr. with a game-high 11 rebounds.

Brooks made three free throws after being fouled on a 3-point attempt with 9.4 seconds remaining, pulling Memphis to within a point. Powell made a pair of foul shots on the other end pushing the lead back to three before Desmond Bane missed a would-be game-tying shot.

Robert Covington came off the bench to add 13 points for Portland, which has earned consecutive wins for the first time since a four-game win streak from Nov. 15-23. Covington also grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots to contribute to a critical defensive effort.

The Blazers held Memphis to just 35 of 91 shooting from the floor (38.5 percent), including 9 of 34 (26.5 percent) from 3-point range. Portland used its own defense to compensate for its struggles against the Grizzlies' defensive intensity.

Memphis made 13 steals, part of Portland's 20 total turnovers. Kyle Anderson came off the bench to contribute four steals to go with 11 points. Steven Adams had three steals and added 13 points and nine rebounds for the Grizzlies.

Brooks produced his fifth straight game with at least 22 points. Backcourt mate Bane, who joined Brooks shouldering the scoring load, shot just 1 for 8 from 3-point range and finished with nine points. Memphis had won 10 of 11 games prior to Sunday.

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Memphis Grizzlies
Portland Trail Blazers
38%
35/91
Field goals
47%
35/74
43
Rebounds
60
22
Assists
17
13
Steals
4
46%
26/57
2-pointers
57%
24/42
93
Efficiency
109

Best players

Dillon  Brooks
37 PTS
12/25 FG
9/9 FT
Damian  Lillard
32 PTS
9/19 FG
11/12 FT
Steven  Adams
9 REB
5 DREB
4 OREB
Portland Trail Blazers
Few players
11 REB
Memphis Grizzlies
Few players
5 As
Damian  Lillard
5 As
5 TO
38 MIN
Steven  Adams
27 EFF
63% 2P%
- 3P%
Damian  Lillard
23 EFF
60% 2P%
33% 3P%