⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 17-6 off them- A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up in the first quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q1 2:54 · UTAH 28-17 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 4:09 · UTAH 79-62 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
