⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher 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, 10 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 sixteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 23 from three
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 cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q3 1:23 · MEM 94-98 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brad Miller misses technical free throw
Q1 1:00 · MEM 29-36 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 3 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 70% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
