⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 21
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 0:02 · MEM 33-25 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 11:33 · MEM 64-47 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 0:00 · MEM 80-60 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells Technical Foul. Wells's 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 3:20 · MEM 45-39 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
