⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 17 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 25 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run dragged them back level in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 8:15 · POR 20-5 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q1 4:46 · POR 30-7 MEM
- Go-ahead
Bonzi Wells made Layup. Assisted by Damon Stoudamire.
Q4 1:08 · POR 95-94 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bonzi Wells missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:11 · POR 97-100 MEM
- Missed FT
Bonzi Wells missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:11 · POR 97-100 MEM
- Missed FT
Damon Stoudamire missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · POR 100-102 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q2 4:30 · POR 51-36 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 8:26 · POR 87-87 MEM
- Lead
Rodney Buford made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Willie Solomon.
Q4 3:00 · POR 89-92 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Massenburg Technical Foul
Q3 0:26 · POR 81-62 MEM
- Missed FT
Grant Long missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 0:26 · POR 81-62 MEM
- Missed FT
Lorenzen Wright missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:01 · POR 100-102 MEM
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
