⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 1:25 · UTAH 56-51 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Francis Traveling
Q4 2:42 · UTAH 74-70 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming Lost Ball. Stolen by Raja Bell.
Q4 1:00 · UTAH 79-73 HOU
- Turnover
Steve Francis Bad Pass. Stolen by Andrei Kirilenko.
Q4 0:52 · UTAH 81-73 HOU
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
