⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 6:24 · MEM 83-77 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Offensive Foul
Q4 2:17 · MEM 86-83 HOU
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Foul
Q4 2:17 · MEM 86-83 HOU
- Turnover
Lorenzen Wright Offensive Foul
Q4 1:52 · MEM 86-83 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q3 6:45 · MEM 60-61 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kelvin Cato Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 7:31 · MEM 56-49 HOU
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 3:13 · MEM 83-81 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
