⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 10:00 · POR 40-29 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brandon Roy traveling
Q4 3:28 · POR 86-86 MEM

Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:16 · POR 57-55 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:13 · POR 86-86 MEM
- Turnover
Mike Conley offensive foul (Brandon Roy draws the foul)
Q4 1:50 · POR 90-88 MEM
- Turnover
Mike Conley turnover
Q4 1:50 · POR 90-88 MEM
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |








