⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to ten
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 8:15 · HOU 72-66 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 2:47 · HOU 104-95 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · HOU 109-104 MEM
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · HOU 109-106 MEM
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · HOU 110-108 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 9:41 · HOU 87-85 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stromile Swift misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:01 · HOU 94-94 MEM
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw
Q4 3:27 · HOU 96-95 MEM
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:03 · HOU 111-109 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
