⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
- Made no threes to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:56 · MEM 40-30 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 10:18 · MEM 70-56 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q3 1:08 · MEM 92-67 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 9:18 · MEM 94-80 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 0 | Threes made | 11 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
