⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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
Made thirteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 28 from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 15 rebounds to 29
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q3 9:04 · POR 74-56 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 1:22 · POR 83-71 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses technical free throw
Q3 4:31 · POR 75-57 MEM
- Technical
Andre Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:26 · POR 80-63 MEM
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 76 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
