⏱️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 third 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
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 0:31 · MEM 50-39 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 5:35 · MEM 67-52 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol bad pass
Q4 1:00 · MEM 82-74 HOU
- Turnover
Mike Miller bad pass
Q4 0:30 · MEM 82-74 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- Steal
Rafer Alston stole it from Pau Gasol
Q4 1:00 · MEM 82-74 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:37 · MEM 10-11 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
