⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 27-19 off them
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 50
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 5:12 · HOU 76-60 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 5:10 · HOU 109-86 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 5:24 · HOU 18-24 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 31 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
