⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 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
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Made one threes to their thirteen
- Went cold from three, one of fourteen
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4 in the fourth 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 11:18 · MEM 13-1 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 5:37 · MEM 85-75 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:04 · MEM 89-81 POR
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:36 · MEM 93-85 POR
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:31 · MEM 94-87 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:14 · MEM 22-24 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 7:20 · MEM 58-61 POR
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4
Q4 1:31 · MEM 97-93 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 13 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 13 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 1 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
