⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets 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, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of eighteen from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 8:42 · MEM 29-40 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Dikembe Mutombo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:32 · MEM 41-54 HOU
- Flagrant
Juwan Howard flagrant foul type 1 (Lawrence Roberts draws the foul)
Q3 3:47 · MEM 65-72 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
