⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 19 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:25 · HOU 92-87 MEM
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · HOU 99-92 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 9:27 · HOU 33-37 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 4:43 · HOU 37-45 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 1:47 · HOU 45-55 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Randolph turnover
Q4 2:05 · HOU 90-84 MEM
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:32 · HOU 96-90 MEM
- Turnover
Zach Randolph turnover
Q4 0:28 · HOU 98-90 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
