⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 29-12 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 3:25 · HOU 72-67 UTAH
- Lead
Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:02 · HOU 92-91 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelvin Cato Double Technical Foul. Karl Malone gains possession.
Q4 5:56 · HOU 85-79 UTAH
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:02 · HOU 92-91 UTAH
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
OT 4:07 · HOU 95-96 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 0:49 · HOU 47-53 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 3:10 · HOU 91-91 UTAH
- Ties it
Matt Harpring made 28 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
Q4 0:00 · HOU 94-94 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Greg Ostertag 3 second
OT 3:08 · HOU 95-98 UTAH
- Missed FT
Karl Malone missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
OT 1:20 · HOU 95-100 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 35 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
