⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth 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
Made seven threes to their one- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 5:35 · MEM 24-16 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 8:41 · MEM 12-16 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q4 9:03 · MEM 70-90 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 9 |
