⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 24-9 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:45 · HOU 56-56 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 1:58 · HOU 72-76 MEM
- Ties it
Tierre Brown made Two Point Shot.
Q4 0:24 · HOU 95-95 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:52 · HOU 90-93 MEM
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 0:24 · HOU 95-95 MEM
- Turnover
Jason Collier Bad Pass. Stolen by Stromile Swift.
Q4 0:01 · HOU 95-97 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 3:40 · HOU 25-34 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 9:38 · HOU 58-67 MEM
- Winner
Willie Solomon made Free Throw 2 of 3.
Q4 0:04 · HOU 95-96 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Willie Solomon Bad Pass
Q4 2:16 · HOU 90-93 MEM
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Bad Pass. Stolen by Tierre Brown.
Q4 0:28 · HOU 93-95 MEM
- Missed FT
Willie Solomon missed Free Throw 1 of 3.
Q4 0:04 · HOU 95-95 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
