⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth 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
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 0:44 · HOU 63-61 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Bad Pass. Stolen by Pau Gasol
Q4 0:40 · HOU 77-72 MEM
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Offensive Foul
Q4 0:31 · HOU 77-74 MEM
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Foul
Q4 0:31 · HOU 77-74 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 8:13 · HOU 30-34 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Grant Long Lost Ball. Stolen by Kenny Thomas
Q4 2:01 · HOU 77-71 MEM
- Missed FT
Shane Battier missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:47 · HOU 77-71 MEM
- Turnover
Grant Long Bad Pass. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley
Q4 0:30 · HOU 77-74 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 14 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
