⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- They went cold, one of seven from three
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 64
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 0:47 · HOU 59-55 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 3:05 · HOU 82-70 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 5:05 · HOU 12-22 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Zach Randolph flagrant foul type 1 (Jordan Hill draws the foul)
Q2 5:03 · HOU 37-47 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
