⏱️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
▲ UTAH better than we expected
-5Q122-26
+13Q228-14
-1Q322-21
-1Q418-19
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 28 from three- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
67%Three-point accuracy29%
7Points off turnovers19
27Assists15
4Threes made8
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q2 6:33 · UTAH 48-35 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Carlos Arroyo Technical Foul
Q3 10:22 · UTAH 55-40 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q3 1:55 · UTAH 72-66 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
