⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 6:24 · MEM 17-13 HOU
- Steal
Rudy Gay stole it from Courtney Lee
Q4 2:10 · MEM 87-79 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 3:02 · MEM 84-77 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 5:11 · MEM 84-79 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:16 · MEM 84-76 HOU
- Turnover
Courtney Lee bad pass
Q4 2:10 · MEM 87-79 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 14 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
