⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 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, nine turnovers to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 7
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 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:06 · MEM 47-41 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 6:23 · MEM 106-96 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Solomon Hill technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:42 · MEM 98-95 HOU
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:46 · MEM 106-96 HOU
- Turnover
8 second turnover
Q4 1:59 · MEM 114-106 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:08 · MEM 114-106 HOU
- Turnover
Clint Capela out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:46 · MEM 114-106 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
