⏱️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, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 20-10 off them- They shot well above their usual, eight of seventeen from three
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 31
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lorenzen Wright Lost Ball. Stolen by Derek Anderson.
Q4 4:11 · MEM 72-70 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:11 · MEM 0-11 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stromile Swift Offensive Foul. Shane Battier gains possession.
Q4 4:03 · MEM 72-70 HOU
- Turnover
Stromile Swift Turnover
Q4 4:03 · MEM 72-70 HOU
- Turnover
Derek Anderson Lost Ball. Stolen by Eddie Jones.
Q4 3:05 · MEM 75-72 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
