⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 33
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 10:36 · HOU 73-59 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 8:48 · HOU 28-30 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
