⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
-6Q119-21
+4Q225-17
+7Q332-23
+1Q426-24
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
48%Three-point accuracy14%
10Threes made1
6Blocks0
27Assists15
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
