⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
-1Q119-21
+6Q231-24
+18Q333-17
-12Q415-23
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty
Key battles
2Threes made6
6Blocks2
26Free throws made15
11Turnovers16
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 0:05 · UTAH 58-45 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 1:38 · UTAH 98-85 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
