⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 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
Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 29- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 33
A 15-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 19 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 19
Q4 5:13 · POR 78-97 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Van Exel Technical Foul
Q2 10:26 · POR 20-27 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:15 · POR 2-9 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
