⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 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 two- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36
- A 18-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 30 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
A 13-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 17 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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 30
Q1 2:13 · HOU 43-13 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:56 · HOU 91-74 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Rudy Gay flagrant foul type 2 (Luis Scola draws the foul)
Q4 5:50 · HOU 94-74 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 12 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 12 | Blocks | 9 |
