Jerami Grant scores 22 as Trail Blazers beat Raptors 99-91 for 1st win of season
TORONTO (AP) Jerami Grant scored 22 points, Deandre Ayton had 10 points and a career-high 23 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers won their first game of the season by beating the Toronto Raptors 99-91 on Monday night.
“It feels great to get that first win,” Grant said. “We just want to build on it and keep getting better.”
Fifteen of Ayton’s rebounds came in the second half, when Portland outscored Toronto 52-41. Ayton finished with seven offensive boards.
“His presence was felt everywhere on the floor tonight,” Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said of Ayton. “Those are some of the things that we’re going to expect to be getting from him.”
Ayton’s previous rebounding mark was 21, set three times. He last reached it Nov. 26, 2022, against Utah.
Malcolm Brogdon scored 21 points, including a driving basket with 25 seconds remaining, and Canadian-born guard Shaedon Sharpe scored 14 points for Portland, which snapped a season-opening, three-game losing streak.
Trail Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson scored 11 points as Portland snapped a two-game losing streak against Toronto.
“I was just so happy for Scoot,” Billups said. “Both halves he was aggressive, he was attacking. I thought defensively he was really good as well.”
Scottie Barnes had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and 10 rebounds, but Toronto lost its third straight.
“I feel like we should have won this one,” Barnes said.
Pascal Siakam scored 20 points, and Dennis Schroder and O.G. Anunoby each had 10 for Toronto. The Raptors shot a season-worst 4 for 29 from 3-point range, with Siakam missing all six of his attempts.
Anunoby was the only Raptors player to make more than one 3-pointer. He shot 2 for 9 from distance.
“We couldn’t get buckets and that was the theme of the night,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said.
Anunoby returned after sitting out Saturday’s loss to Philadelphia because of muscle cramps. Forward Precious Achiuwa, who left Saturday’s game because of a sore left groin, did not play Monday.
Portland center Robert Williams III was rested on the second night of a back-to-back after playing 26 minutes in Sunday’s loss at Philadelphia.
Siakam scored the final four points of the first half to give Toronto a 50-47 lead at the intermission. The Raptors shot 3 for 16 from 3-point range in the first two quarters.
Grant scored eight points and Brogdon had seven as Portland made 13 of 22 attempts in the third. The Trail Blazers took an 80-74 lead to the fourth.
“In our last game, against Philly, in the third quarter they came out and jumped on us early,” Grant said. “We knew we had to come out with a level of intensity.”
UP NEXT
Trail Blazers: Visit the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.
Raptors: Host the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Deandre Ayton vs. Jakob Poeltl (Scoot Henderson gains possession) | ||
| 11:38 |  | Jerami Grant misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:36 | | Deandre Ayton offensive rebound | ||
| 11:35 | | Scottie Barnes blocks Deandre Ayton's two point putback layup | ||
| 11:35 | | Dennis Schroder defensive rebound | ||
| 11:27 | | +2 | Pascal Siakam makes two point turnaround jump shot | 0-2 |
| 11:07 | | Shaedon Sharpe turnover (lost ball) (Scottie Barnes steals) | ||
| 11:04 | | +2 | Scottie Barnes makes two point running dunk | 0-4 |
| 11:00 | | Dennis Schroder personal foul (Scoot Henderson draws the foul) | ||
| 10:52 | | +2 | Scoot Henderson makes two point pullup jump shot | 2-4 |
| 10:44 | | +2 | OG Anunoby makes two point jump shot (Dennis Schroder assists) | 2-6 |
| 10:26 | | Jakob Poeltl blocks Scoot Henderson's two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 10:24 | | Scottie Barnes defensive rebound | ||
| 10:22 | | +2 | Pascal Siakam makes two point running dunk (Dennis Schroder assists) | 2-8 |
| 10:04 | | +2 | Jerami Grant makes two point driving hook shot | 4-8 |
| 9:41 | | Scottie Barnes misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 9:37 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 9:30 | | +3 | Shaedon Sharpe makes three point stepback jump shot | 7-8 |
| 9:06 | | Pascal Siakam misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:03 | | Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound | ||
| 9:01 | | Dennis Schroder misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:59 | | Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound | ||
| 8:57 | | OG Anunoby misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:53 | | Scoot Henderson defensive rebound | ||
| 8:45 | | Scoot Henderson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:42 | | Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound | ||
| 8:36 | | +2 | Pascal Siakam makes two point running layup (Scottie Barnes assists) | 7-10 |
| 8:09 | | Jerami Grant misses two point driving layup | ||
| 8:07 | | OG Anunoby defensive rebound | ||
| 7:56 | | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point cutting layup (Dennis Schroder assists) | 7-12 |
| 7:56 | | Trail Blazers 60 second timeout | ||
| 7:31 | | Jerami Grant turnover (bad pass) (Pascal Siakam steals) | ||
| 7:22 | | Scottie Barnes turnover (bad pass) (Deandre Ayton steals) | ||
| 7:09 | | Shaedon Sharpe turnover (bad pass) (OG Anunoby steals) | ||
| 7:00 | | Pascal Siakam misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 6:59 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 6:54 | | +3 | Matisse Thybulle makes three point running jump shot (Scoot Henderson assists) | 10-12 |
| 6:28 | | Dennis Schroder misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 6:27 | | Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound | ||
| 6:25 | | Pascal Siakam misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:25 | | Trail Blazers defensive rebound | ||
| 6:08 | | Jerami Grant misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:05 | | Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound | ||
| 5:50 | | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point driving hook shot (OG Anunoby assists) | 10-14 |
| 5:30 | | Malcolm Brogdon turnover (lost ball) (OG Anunoby steals) | ||
| 5:28 | | Scoot Henderson personal foul (OG Anunoby draws the foul) | ||
| 5:19 | | +3 | Dennis Schroder makes three point jump shot (Gary Trent Jr. assists) | 10-17 |
| 5:03 | | +3 | Jerami Grant makes three point jump shot (Malcolm Brogdon assists) | 13-17 |
| 4:42 | | Gary Trent Jr. misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 4:39 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 4:16 | | +3 | Malcolm Brogdon makes three point jump shot | 16-17 |
| 4:02 | | Raptors 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:58 | | Pascal Siakam misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:57 | | Trail Blazers defensive rebound | ||
| 3:43 | | Toumani Camara misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:40 | | Deandre Ayton offensive rebound | ||
| 3:36 | | Toumani Camara misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:34 | | Deandre Ayton offensive rebound | ||
| 3:31 | | Deandre Ayton turnover (lost ball) (Malachi Flynn steals) | ||
| 3:26 | | Chris Boucher turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 3:20 | | Gary Trent Jr. personal foul (Scoot Henderson draws the foul) | ||
| 3:13 | | Jerami Grant misses two point driving hook shot | ||
| 3:10 | | Scottie Barnes defensive rebound | ||
| 2:57 | | Gradey Dick misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:54 | | Toumani Camara defensive rebound | ||
| 2:47 | | Jabari Walker offensive foul (Off the ball) (Malachi Flynn draws the foul) | ||
| 2:47 | | Jabari Walker turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 2:29 | | +2 | Scottie Barnes makes two point jump shot | 16-19 |
| 2:13 | | Malcolm Brogdon misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 2:10 | | Scottie Barnes defensive rebound | ||
| 2:08 | | +2 | Gary Trent Jr. makes two point running layup | 16-21 |
| 2:08 | | Malcolm Brogdon shooting foul (Gary Trent Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 2:08 | | Gary Trent Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 2:05 | | Shaedon Sharpe defensive rebound | ||
| 1:59 | | Shaedon Sharpe turnover (bad pass) (Gary Trent Jr. steals) | ||
| 1:54 | | Gary Trent Jr. misses two point running layup | ||
| 1:52 | | Chris Boucher offensive rebound | ||
| 1:52 | | +2 | Chris Boucher makes two point tip layup | 16-23 |
| 1:44 | | +2 | Skylar Mays makes two point driving layup | 18-23 |
| 1:20 | | Shaedon Sharpe blocks Chris Boucher's two point stepback jump shot | ||
| 1:19 | | Raptors offensive rebound | ||
| 1:19 | | Raptors turnover (shot clock violation) | ||
| 1:00 | | +3 | Shaedon Sharpe makes three point pullup jump shot (Malcolm Brogdon assists) | 21-23 |
| 0:40 | | Scottie Barnes misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 0:38 | | Malcolm Brogdon defensive rebound | ||
| 0:32 | | Chris Boucher blocks Malcolm Brogdon's two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 0:29 | | Malachi Flynn defensive rebound | ||
| 0:19 | | +2 | Malachi Flynn makes two point driving finger roll layup | 21-25 |
| 0:02 | | Shaedon Sharpe misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 0:02 | | Chris Boucher defensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:48 | | Malachi Flynn turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 11:32 | | Malcolm Brogdon misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 11:30 | | Malcolm Brogdon offensive rebound | ||
| 11:28 | | +2 | Malcolm Brogdon makes two point putback layup | 23-25 |
| 11:09 | | OG Anunoby misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:06 | | Jabari Walker defensive rebound | ||
| 10:59 | | Skylar Mays misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:57 | | Toumani Camara offensive rebound | ||
| 10:57 | | +2 | Toumani Camara makes two point putback layup | 25-25 |
| 10:57 | | Jalen McDaniels shooting foul (Toumani Camara draws the foul) | ||
| 10:57 | | Toumani Camara misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 10:55 | | Chris Boucher defensive rebound | ||
| 10:33 | | OG Anunoby turnover (lost ball) (Shaedon Sharpe steals) | ||
| 10:29 | | +2 | Shaedon Sharpe makes two point running dunk (Skylar Mays assists) | 27-25 |
| 10:24 | | OG Anunoby turnover (bad pass) (Skylar Mays steals) | ||
| 10:08 | | Malcolm Brogdon misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:07 | | Trail Blazers offensive rebound | ||
| 10:07 | | Raptors 60 second timeout | ||
| 9:58 | | +3 | Skylar Mays makes three point jump shot (Malcolm Brogdon assists) | 30-25 |
| 9:34 | | Toumani Camara shooting foul (Chris Boucher draws the foul) | ||
| 9:34 | | +1 | Chris Boucher makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 30-26 |
| 9:34 | | +1 | Chris Boucher makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-27 |
| 9:11 | | OG Anunoby blocks Toumani Camara's two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:10 | | Trail Blazers offensive rebound | ||
| 9:10 | | Trail Blazers turnover (shot clock violation) | ||
| 9:03 | | Scottie Barnes turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 8:55 | | Malcolm Brogdon misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 8:51 | | Gary Trent Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 8:46 | | +3 | OG Anunoby makes three point running jump shot (Jalen McDaniels assists) | 30-30 |
| 8:20 | | Jabari Walker misses two point bank hook shot | ||
| 8:17 | | Shaedon Sharpe offensive rebound | ||
| 8:15 | | +3 | Malcolm Brogdon makes three point jump shot (Shaedon Sharpe assists) | 33-30 |
| 8:01 | | Shaedon Sharpe personal foul (Gary Trent Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 7:46 | | +2 | Dennis Schroder makes two point driving layup | 33-32 |
| 7:46 | | Jabari Walker shooting foul (Dennis Schroder draws the foul) | ||
| 7:46 | | +1 | Dennis Schroder makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 33-33 |
| 7:36 | | Gary Trent Jr. personal foul (Shaedon Sharpe draws the foul) | ||
| 7:26 | | Scoot Henderson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 7:24 | | Pascal Siakam defensive rebound | ||
| 7:15 | | +2 | Pascal Siakam makes two point stepback jump shot | 33-35 |
| 7:05 | | +2 | Scoot Henderson makes two point driving finger roll layup | 35-35 |
| 6:45 | | Jalen McDaniels misses three point bank jump shot | ||
| 6:42 | | Toumani Camara defensive rebound | ||
| 6:38 | | Jalen McDaniels kicked ball violation | ||
| 6:27 | | Jakob Poeltl shooting foul (Shaedon Sharpe draws the foul) | ||
| 6:27 | | +1 | Shaedon Sharpe makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 36-35 |
| 6:27 | | +1 | Shaedon Sharpe makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 37-35 |
| 6:12 | | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point cutting dunk (Dennis Schroder assists) | 37-37 |
| 5:59 | | Jerami Grant misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:56 | | Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound | ||
| 5:46 | | Dennis Schroder misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:43 | | Shaedon Sharpe defensive rebound | ||
| 5:38 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point running dunk (Shaedon Sharpe assists) | 39-37 |
| 5:38 | | Raptors 60 second timeout | ||
| 5:21 | | Gradey Dick misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:17 | | Jerami Grant defensive rebound | ||
| 5:11 | | Scoot Henderson turnover (bad pass) (Gradey Dick steals) | ||
| 4:57 | | Jakob Poeltl turnover (lost ball) (Jerami Grant steals) | ||
| 4:42 | | +2 | Jerami Grant makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot (Matisse Thybulle assists) | 41-37 |
| 4:31 | | Shaedon Sharpe shooting foul (Gary Trent Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 4:31 | | +1 | Gary Trent Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 41-38 |
| 4:31 | | Gary Trent Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 4:29 | | Scoot Henderson defensive rebound | ||
| 4:19 | | +2 | Scoot Henderson makes two point pullup jump shot | 43-38 |
| 3:55 | | OG Anunoby misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:55 | | Jerami Grant defensive rebound | ||
| 3:45 | | Scoot Henderson turnover (lost ball) (Dennis Schroder steals) | ||
| 3:42 | | +2 | OG Anunoby makes two point running dunk (Dennis Schroder assists) | 43-40 |
| 3:31 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point turnaround jump shot (Matisse Thybulle assists) | 45-40 |
| 3:15 | | +3 | OG Anunoby makes three point jump shot (Pascal Siakam assists) | 45-43 |
| 3:02 | | Pascal Siakam personal foul (Jerami Grant draws the foul) | ||
| 2:50 | | Deandre Ayton misses two point turnaround hook shot | ||
| 2:48 | | Pascal Siakam defensive rebound | ||
| 2:42 | | OG Anunoby misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:38 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 2:24 | | Shaedon Sharpe misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 2:21 | | OG Anunoby defensive rebound | ||
| 2:08 | | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point layup (Dennis Schroder assists) | 45-45 |
| 1:57 | | +2 | Scoot Henderson makes two point driving finger roll layup | 47-45 |
| 1:41 | | Shaedon Sharpe shooting foul (Jakob Poeltl draws the foul) | ||
| 1:41 | | +1 | Jakob Poeltl makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 47-46 |
| 1:41 | | Jakob Poeltl misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 1:36 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 1:14 | | Trail Blazers turnover (shot clock violation) | ||
| 1:00 | | Scoot Henderson personal foul (Pascal Siakam draws the foul) | ||
| 1:00 | | +1 | Pascal Siakam makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 47-47 |
| 1:00 | | +1 | Pascal Siakam makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 47-48 |
| 0:38 | | Malcolm Brogdon misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:35 | | Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound | ||
| 0:29 | | Pascal Siakam misses two point running layup | ||
| 0:29 | | Pascal Siakam offensive rebound | ||
| 0:29 | | +2 | Pascal Siakam makes two point putback layup | 47-50 |
| 0:11 | | Scoot Henderson misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:09 | | Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound | ||
| 0:02 | | Pascal Siakam misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:00 | | Raptors offensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |