⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, no of thirteen from three- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:24 · HOU 71-66 MEM
- Turnover
Carl Landry traveling
Q4 2:28 · HOU 71-68 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:18 · HOU 51-47 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:37 · HOU 73-68 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 0 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 10 | Assists | 11 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
