Among all players in the NBA, Jerami Grant places in the 80th percentile for personal fouls, totaling a colossal 2.3 fouls per game this year.As it relates to threes, the Trail Blazers's poor 34.6% rate of converted threes settles in as the 8th-weakest in the NBA this year.The matchup vs. Phoenix is a tough one for threes; when the Phoenix Suns are the visiting squad, the opposing team's starting PFs have averaged the least three-pointers per game in the league this year (0.9).The 2nd-slowest pace-of-play team in the NBA over the last 5 games has been the Portland Trail Blazers.The Trail Blazers will likely suffer a reduction in opportunities today from squaring off against the 6th-slowest pace away team in the NBA this year (the Suns).
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