⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 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, 19 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 30-15 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their thirteen
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 5:24 · POR 46-46 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 8:14 · POR 68-62 MEM
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 0:00 · POR 98-77 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Dennis Smith Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:52 · POR 32-34 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
