⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 9:02 · POR 17-6 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:56 · POR 58-65 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:23 · POR 85-89 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Steve Blake and Kosta Koufos
Q2 9:29 · POR 30-30 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 2:56 · POR 25-25 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 1:09 · POR 43-54 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 6:01 · POR 61-75 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses technical free throw
Q2 10:44 · POR 27-25 MEM
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
