⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 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
Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 6- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the second 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 8:21 · MEM 80-75 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 8:38 · MEM 104-101 POR
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q4 5:12 · MEM 118-103 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:38 · MEM 111-103 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q2 7:43 · MEM 50-48 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:04 · MEM 66-66 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 18 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
