⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 7 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
Made nine threes to their one- They went cold, one of ten from three
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 46
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 1:38 · MEM 28-24 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses technical free throw
Q4 9:12 · MEM 63-76 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 6:56 · MEM 54-63 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 11 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
