⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, 22 free throws to their eight- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q1 2:42 · HOU 36-18 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q1 4:58 · HOU 16-13 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
