⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their three- They went cold, three of fifteen from three
- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 25-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q1 7:52 · HOU 5-13 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 3:38 · HOU 11-27 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 15 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
