⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three- A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 0:43 · MEM 64-67 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Stromile Swift Double Technical Foul. Jimmy Jackson gains possession.
Q2 0:57 · MEM 38-38 HOU
- Turnover
Mike Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Yao Ming.
Q4 1:35 · MEM 79-87 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up
Q1 10:45 · MEM 5-19 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 10:10 · MEM 43-53 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Padgett Technical Foul
Q2 0:13 · MEM 38-40 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
