⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 20-8 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Made five 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 1:05 · HOU 64-64 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 3:13 · HOU 78-78 MEM
- Ties it
Jeremy Lin hit a 26-foot three jumper, James Harden with the assist
Q4 1:32 · HOU 78-78 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
James Harden technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 9:02 · HOU 64-64 MEM
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 4:11 · HOU 68-74 MEM
- Turnover
Jeremy Lin turnover
Q4 3:48 · HOU 68-76 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:00 · HOU 4-9 MEM
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q2 4:09 · HOU 30-49 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tayshaun Prince steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:23 · HOU 73-76 MEM
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:17 · HOU 78-79 MEM
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:33 · HOU 78-79 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
