Houston Rockets – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 30 January 2025

HOU119–120MEM

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 93% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 28 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MEM winsHOU wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MEM leads and falls when HOU does.

This is how the game was decided.

Desmond Bane decided it, the Memphis Grizzlies player with the most points (24, with 12 rebounds and 6 assists; +12 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jaylen Wells's (+12). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Memphis Grizzlies 120-119 Houston Rockets (January 30, 2025) was hit by Jaren Jackson Jr.: a free throw with 8.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Memphis Grizzlies up 120-119. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 120-119 Houston Rockets (January 30, 2025) was a 9-0 run by the Memphis Grizzlies between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 55-66 to 64-66. The Houston Rockets' best was a 8-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 8:53 to 7:57), from 100-101 to 108-101.

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Play: Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jaren Jackson Jr. decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 8.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Jackson decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

30 January 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705242:731; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · HOU

Green · Thompson · VanVleet · Eason · Tate

Closing lineup · MEM

Bane · Jackson · Wells · Aldama · Clarke

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HOU

Jalen Green

39′ · +10

Amen Thompson

38′ · -1

Fred VanVleet

36′ · -11

Dillon Brooks

30′ · 0

Steven Adams

23′ · -6

Jock Landale

16′ · +7

Tari Eason

30′ · -1

Cam Whitmore

17′ · +3

Jae'Sean Tate

11′ · -6

MEM

Desmond Bane

40′ · +12

Luke Kennard

33′ · +3

Jaren Jackson Jr.

31′ · +8

Jaylen Wells

30′ · +12

Zach Edey

17′ · -2

Santi Aldama

26′ · -6

GG Jackson

9′ · -14

Brandon Clarke

31′ · +1

Scotty Pippen Jr.

12′ · -7

Jake LaRavia

10′ · -2

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. HOU and MEM.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Thompson, and Adams played 10.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Landale, Green, Eason, Thompson, and Whitmore played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Eason, and Thompson played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Kennard, Jackson, Bane, Edey, and Wells played 8.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Kennard, Clarke, Bane, Aldama, and Wells played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Clarke, Bane, and Wells played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

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Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Landale, Tate, Eason, and Whitmore played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Landale, Green, and Thompson played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Brooks, Green, Eason, Thompson, and Adams played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
VanVleet, Green, Eason, Thompson, and Adams played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Eason, and Adams played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
VanVleet, Green, Tate, Eason, and Thompson played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Whitmore, and Adams played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Landale, Tate, Eason, Thompson, and Whitmore played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Brooks, Green, Tate, Thompson, and Adams played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Landale, Eason, and Whitmore played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Brooks, Landale, Tate, Thompson, and Whitmore played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Kennard, Jackson, Clarke, Pippen, and LaRavia played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Bane, Aldama, Jackson, Edey, and Wells played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Jackson, Clarke, Bane, Aldama, and Wells played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Kennard, Clarke, Bane, Aldama, and LaRavia played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Kennard, Jackson, Bane, LaRavia, and Edey played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Clarke, Bane, Aldama, Pippen, and Wells played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Jackson, Clarke, Bane, Pippen, and Wells played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Jackson, Clarke, Aldama, Pippen, and Jackson played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Clarke, Bane, and Aldama played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Clarke, Aldama, and LaRavia played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Kennard, Bane, Aldama, Edey, and Wells played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Clarke, Bane, Aldama, Pippen, and Jackson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Jackson, Clarke, Bane, Aldama, and Jackson played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Desmond Bane covered 4.99 km, more than anyone in the game.

Desmond Bane touched the ball 91 times, a game high.
Desmond Bane made 61 passes, a game high.
Zach Edey defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.

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Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Amen Thompson	4.88	7.1	59	40
Jalen Green	4.57	6.6	58	30
Fred VanVleet	4.28	6.6	71	51
Tari Eason	3.60	6.7	50	37
Dillon Brooks	3.48	6.3	33	16
Steven Adams	2.77	6.7	41	31
Jock Landale	2.06	7.1	18	12
Cam Whitmore	1.95	6.4	17	11
Jae'Sean Tate	1.45	7.3	15	10

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Desmond Bane	4.99	7.0	91	61
Luke Kennard	4.14	6.9	65	43
Brandon Clarke	3.83	7.1	30	22
Jaylen Wells	3.78	7.1	20	11
Jaren Jackson Jr.	3.54	6.4	43

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Houston Rockets

Tari Eason recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 5 of 388 in the league.
Jae'Sean Tate drew 0.17 charges per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 12 of 388 in the league.
Fred VanVleet deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 18 of 388 in the league.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jaren Jackson Jr. defended 4.7 shots at the rim per game over his 73 games, and opponents made 14 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 4 of 138 in the league.
Zach Edey contested 7.7 shots per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 27 of 388 in the league.
Scotty Pippen Jr. deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 33 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Memphis Grizzlies have won 44 of their 98 games against the Houston Rockets.

44-54record of the Memphis Grizzlies · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2001-02 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

16.257

91.4% of capacity

FedExForum · Memphis

Scoring

239

combined points

11.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

14 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors