⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 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
They went cold, three of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Pau Gasol Double Technical Foul. Rasheed Wallace gains possession.
Q3 7:22 · MEM 47-50 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 1:02 · MEM 34-44 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 8:34 · MEM 66-80 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
