⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+1Q123-21
+7Q229-20
-2Q320-21
-1Q416-18
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second 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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
25%Three-point accuracy7%
7Blocks1
8Points off turnovers20
5Threes made1
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 9:38 · HOU 35-28 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
