Houston Rockets 125, Memphis Grizzlies 130 — Recap

March 22, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 125, Memphis Grizzlies 130. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 34-37 MEM; Q2 HOU 30-38 MEM; Q3 HOU 32-26 MEM; Q4 HOU 29-29 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM) 37 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-20 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 32 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Kenyon Martin Jr. (HOU) 31 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists on 11-of-15 shooting; Desmond Bane (MEM) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Jaren Jackson Jr.

37 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 14-20 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

32 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kenyon Martin Jr.

31 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 12-18 FG

Season highs

Jaren Jackson Jr. · Season-high 37 pointsKenyon Martin Jr. · Season-high 31 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	34	30	32	29		125
MEM	37	38	26	29		130

🧮 How They Scored

HOUMEM

58Points in the paint66

20Fast-break points18

12Second-chance points15

14Points off turnovers24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.1%Effective FG%58.6%

13.4%Turnover %9.0%

45.5%Offensive rebound %30.0%

0.247Free-throw rate0.379

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	39	31	6	0	0	2	0	12-18	2-5	5-8	+3
Jalen Green G	37	32	3	3	0	0	0	10-18	3-6	9-9	-1
Kevin Porter Jr. G	34	14	10	10	1	0	3	6-14	2-5	0-0	-4
Alperen Sengun F-C	32	25	8	4	2	0	3	11-15	0-2	3-6	+5
Jabari Smith Jr. F	31	16	5	2	1	0	4	6-14	4-9	0-0	-10
Tari Eason F	27	5	8	2	0	0	2	2-4	1-1	0-0	-4
Usman Garuba F	15	0	6	1	1	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-9
Daishen Nix F	14	0	2	1	0	0	4	0-4	0-3	0-0	+1
Josh Christopher G	10	2	0	4	1	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-6

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	35	37	10	2	1	2	4	14-20	1-5	8-11	+4
Desmond Bane G	35	20	3	7	1	0	0	6-13	3-8	5-5	+7
Tyus Jones G	27	14	3	7	0	0	0	5-12	3-6	1-1	-4
Luke Kennard G	25	13	4	1	0	0	1	3-6	3-5	4-4	+6
David Roddy F	25	13	3	1	0	1	0	4-9	1-5	4-4	-3
Ja Morant G	24	17	4	5	2	1	2	6-13	0-2	5-6	+11
Santi Aldama F	21	5	1	1	1	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	+9
Xavier Tillman F	19	4	2	1	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	0-0	-3
John Konchar G-F	15	2	2	0	3	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Kenneth Lofton Jr. F	14	5	4	2	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	1-2	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	37	32	72.9	24.2	+2.1	17.5
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	39	31	72.0	21.6	+2.1	13.8
Alperen Sengun	Bench	32	25	70.9	27.4	+7.9	13.8
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	31	16	57.1	23.4	-11.2	4.7
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	34	14	50.0	20.5	-1.8	12.8
Tari Eason	Bench	27	5	62.5	8.5	-7.3	3.7
Josh Christopher	Bench	10	2	25.0	15.4	-43.1	7.0
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	15	0	0.0	5.1	-22.1	-3.4
Daishen Nix	Bench	14	0	0.0	21.6	+3.4	-10.7

Memphis GrizzliesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	35	37	74.5	33.3	+3.6	18.4
Desmond Bane	Bench	35	20	65.8	17.6	+6.1	14.2
Ja Morant	Bench	24	17	54.3	29.3	+22.4	19.3
Tyus Jones	Bench	27	14	56.3	19.0	-9.7	10.1
Luke Kennard	Bench	25	13	83.8	15.5	+7.3	13.5
David Roddy	Bench	25	13	60.4	17.7	-3.0	6.5
Santi Aldama	Bench	21	5	50.0	10.2	+21.4	4.9
Kenneth Lofton Jr.	Bench	14	5	64.4	13.3	+7.0	9.7
Xavier Tillman	Bench	19	4	66.7	10.4	-10.6	0.8
John Konchar	Bench	15	2	33.3	11.8	-11.6	2.3
Dillon Brooks	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jake LaRavia	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kennedy Chandler	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0