⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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
Made eighteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 65 rebounds to 40
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 7:54 · POR 25-10 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 11:09 · POR 82-61 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q4 5:42 · POR 115-94 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 10:24 · POR 44-39 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul
Q4 7:51 · POR 101-90 MEM
📊The numbers
| POR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
