⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 39
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
- Technical
Double technical foul - Cam Spencer and Jae'Sean Tate
Q4 10:14 · MEM 84-89 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:05 · MEM 22-28 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 7:03 · MEM 93-105 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Jabari Smith Jr. technical foul
Q1 1:09 · MEM 24-28 HOU
📊The numbers
| MEM | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 28 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
