⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 40- Could not get to the line, eighteen 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:56 · MEM 2-10 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 7:46 · MEM 34-50 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 9:55 · MEM 58-75 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
