⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 41 from three
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
A 12-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 14 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 14
Q4 4:34 · HOU 99-113 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Green misses technical free throw
Q3 9:37 · HOU 48-53 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 9:31 · HOU 50-61 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 1:03 · HOU 68-90 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:37 · HOU 48-53 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
