⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
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 dragged them back level
Q2 9:41 · POR 21-21 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 6:26 · POR 57-47 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 0:35 · POR 66-48 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 9:25 · POR 2-12 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 10:55 · POR 42-45 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
