⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 35
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
- Technical
Alperen Sengun technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:02 · HOU 74-67 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 1:12 · HOU 45-51 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
