⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
+6Q136-24
-3Q229-30
+2Q327-21
+10Q431-23
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 46 from three- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 44
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
43%Three-point accuracy17%
15Fast break points7
13Blocks7
19Turnovers11
🏀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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:47 · MEM 8-0 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 35 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 13 | Blocks | 7 |
