⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 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 seventeen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 43
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- A 17-0 run took them from 9 down to 8 up in the third 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 9 down to 8 up
Q3 7:19 · HOU 84-76 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 11:00 · HOU 106-85 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 11:16 · HOU 40-50 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
