⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-7 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:40 · MEM 10-0 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:52 · MEM 22-10 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 10:23 · MEM 95-80 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Darko Milicic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:03 · MEM 62-53 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 2:23 · MEM 54-45 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
