⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 9:38 · HOU 59-43 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 11:10 · HOU 83-62 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
