⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 31-11 off them- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 11
- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q1 2:47 · MEM 36-18 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Allen technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 8:27 · MEM 7-10 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 2:42 · MEM 117-93 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:56 · MEM 38-20 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
