⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 24- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 20-8 off them
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
- Winner
Kyle Lowry hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:32 · MEM 98-97 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:30 · MEM 96-95 HOU
- Turnover
Rudy Gay bad pass
Q4 1:46 · MEM 97-97 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- Ties it
Tracy McGrady hit a layup
Q4 2:10 · MEM 97-97 HOU
- Steal
Chuck Hayes stole it from Rudy Gay
Q4 1:46 · MEM 97-97 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
