⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 33
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q2 0:55 · MEM 50-74 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 1:57 · MEM 23-38 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q2 4:58 · MEM 36-66 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:14 · MEM 18-26 POR
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
