⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:14 · MEM 49-51 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:40 · MEM 12-14 HOU
- Technical
David Fizdale technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:47 · MEM 25-27 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 0:32 · MEM 26-41 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 5:44 · MEM 64-78 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q4 10:02 · MEM 78-100 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 18 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 7 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Steals | 16 |
| 18 | Blocks | 24 |
