⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 29-10 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 4:11 · MEM 52-42 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 10:26 · MEM 61-48 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 11:02 · MEM 35-38 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q3 0:00 · MEM 79-72 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Freeland technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:45 · MEM 67-53 POR
- Turnover
Dorell Wright out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:18 · MEM 87-80 POR
- Turnover
Damian Lillard lost ball turnover
Q4 3:05 · MEM 90-82 POR
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
