⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their seventeen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · HOU 94-88 UTAH
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · HOU 97-90 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer turnover
Q4 0:12 · HOU 95-88 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
