⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q3 2:51 · MEM 65-67 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 5:41 · MEM 85-82 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 4:43 · MEM 14-24 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wesley Matthews misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:42 · MEM 83-82 POR
- Missed FT
Wesley Matthews misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:42 · MEM 83-82 POR
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:15 · MEM 85-83 POR
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
