⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 34-12 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 1:20 · HOU 43-36 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming Bad Pass. Stolen by Andrei Kirilenko.
Q4 2:17 · HOU 85-88 UTAH
- Turnover
Steve Francis Lost Ball. Stolen by Matt Harpring.
Q4 1:20 · HOU 88-92 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
