⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 33
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:28 · MEM 45-45 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:33 · MEM 45-47 HOU
- Turnover
Brian Cardinal bad pass
Q4 0:06 · MEM 80-86 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 9:53 · MEM 45-54 HOU
- Steal
Shane Battier stole it from Brian Cardinal
Q4 0:06 · MEM 80-86 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rafer Alston bad pass
Q4 4:50 · MEM 75-79 HOU
- Turnover
Rafer Alston offensive foul (Brian Cardinal draws the foul)
Q4 0:59 · MEM 78-84 HOU
- Turnover
Rafer Alston turnover
Q4 0:59 · MEM 78-84 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
