⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Technical
Rafer Alston technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:35 · HOU 73-86 MEM
- Technical
Keith Bogans technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:40 · HOU 75-88 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 2:18 · HOU 14-24 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 0:02 · HOU 62-80 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
