⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 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
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 22-10 off them
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 dragged them back level
Q2 0:25 · POR 40-40 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 10:11 · POR 65-77 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Henderson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:54 · POR 47-58 MEM
- Missed FT
C.J. McCollum misses technical free throw
Q4 10:42 · POR 54-74 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:16 · POR 6-13 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 11:17 · POR 19-28 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 8:11 · POR 42-52 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
delay technical foul
Q4 10:42 · POR 54-74 MEM
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
