⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-10 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 4:52 · MEM 29-13 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 11:10 · MEM 94-67 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q2 5:28 · MEM 51-38 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q2 5:37 · MEM 50-30 HOU
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q3 3:28 · MEM 75-56 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
