⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse 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, three of sixteen from three- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 25-9 off them
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
- Lead
Carlos Boozer hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:57 · UTAH 81-80 HOU
- Ties it
Carlos Boozer hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:57 · UTAH 80-80 HOU
- Winner
Deron Williams hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:10 · UTAH 84-83 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Matt Harpring bad pass
Q4 2:00 · UTAH 81-81 HOU
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur lost ball
Q4 1:16 · UTAH 83-83 HOU
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:10 · UTAH 83-83 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q4 10:45 · UTAH 70-71 HOU
- Ties it
Rafer Alston hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:49 · UTAH 81-81 HOU
- Lead
Rafer Alston hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:00 · UTAH 81-82 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:49 · UTAH 81-80 HOU
- Missed FT
Chuck Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · UTAH 84-83 HOU
- Missed FT
Chuck Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · UTAH 84-83 HOU
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
