⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 sixteen threes to their ten- A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:18 · HOU 35-39 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 6:10 · HOU 64-71 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Porter Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:43 · HOU 21-29 MEM
- Missed FT
Kevin Porter Jr. misses technical free throw
Q4 5:57 · HOU 82-104 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:32 · HOU 6-12 MEM
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26
Q4 11:09 · HOU 73-99 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
