⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 twelve threes to their two- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen
- Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 3
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 6:58 · HOU 48-41 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 2:30 · HOU 60-50 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 6:24 · HOU 114-88 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 11:14 · HOU 70-64 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
