⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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, 53 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 28
- A 18-0 run took them from 6 down to 12 up in the third quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:02 · POR 54-55 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 8:46 · POR 65-59 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 6:24 · POR 74-66 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up
Q1 4:04 · POR 16-21 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 1:00 · POR 19-32 MEM
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 6 down to 12 up
Q3 0:46 · POR 82-94 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyus Jones flagrant foul type 1
Q3 3:45 · POR 76-68 MEM
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
