⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 36
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 41
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:28 · HOU 16-23 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 7:58 · HOU 28-41 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 39-point lead to 47
Q4 1:57 · HOU 82-129 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:23 · HOU 10-8 MEM
- Technical
Double technical foul - Justise Winslow and John Wall
Q2 1:55 · HOU 37-57 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 28% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 10 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 35 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 16 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
