⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:12 · HOU 26-17 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 0:08 · HOU 34-19 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 2:00 · HOU 54-36 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Von Wafer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:29 · HOU 34-19 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 4:41 · HOU 69-55 MEM
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:50 · HOU 93-83 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
