⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 33-9 off them- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 48
- A 20-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 35 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 11:03 · MEM 12-5 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q1 0:01 · MEM 42-20 HOU
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 35
Q3 10:17 · MEM 94-59 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q2 3:39 · MEM 63-46 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 40-point deficit to 32
Q3 2:27 · MEM 103-71 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Jae'Sean Tate technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:24 · MEM 87-59 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
