⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:33 · MEM 37-38 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 0:57 · MEM 43-52 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 9:59 · MEM 46-60 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
