⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
0Q121-22
+1Q220-19
+21Q334-17
+2Q427-27
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 5
- Could not get to the line, four free throws to their 26
Key battles
3Free throws made19
20Fast break points5
11Threes made4
19Points off turnovers8
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
