⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 6:26 · HOU 21-10 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 9:07 · HOU 38-25 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 6:52 · HOU 72-54 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:13 · HOU 23-21 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 10:04 · HOU 84-68 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
