⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made 25 threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, 25 of 42 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 10:10 · MEM 11-7 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 33
Q2 1:01 · MEM 85-52 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 40
Q4 7:40 · MEM 137-97 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q2 4:41 · MEM 66-50 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 39-point deficit to 31
Q4 8:46 · MEM 128-97 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 25 | Threes made | 7 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 36 | Assists | 25 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
