⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
-8Q119-26
+6Q225-18
+3Q323-23
-13Q418-34
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-8 off them
Key battles
20Turnovers7
8Points off turnovers22
10Free throws made21
6Blocks2
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
