⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 38 from three- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 23-10 off them
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
- Turnover
Jeff Green turnover
Q4 4:30 · HOU 106-99 MEM
- Missed FT
Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:01 · HOU 108-100 MEM
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:19 · HOU 117-102 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David Roddy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:20 · HOU 106-99 MEM
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
