⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 5- A 18-0 run took them from 9 down to 9 up in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:19 · MEM 28-27 HOU
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 9 down to 9 up
Q2 8:54 · MEM 51-42 HOU
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19
Q3 0:06 · MEM 96-77 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyreke Evans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:32 · MEM 92-76 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:06 · MEM 4-12 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 0:59 · MEM 30-35 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 0:19 · MEM 54-58 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 6 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Steals | 17 |
| 20 | Blocks | 23 |
