⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five
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
- Turnover
Yao Ming offensive foul (Mehmet Okur draws the foul)
Q4 0:54 · HOU 93-92 UTAH
- Turnover
Yao Ming turnover
Q4 0:54 · HOU 93-92 UTAH
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · HOU 93-92 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 11:41 · HOU 21-31 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko lost ball
Q4 3:41 · HOU 91-84 UTAH
- Turnover
Derek Fisher offensive foul (Chuck Hayes draws the foul)
Q4 0:12 · HOU 94-92 UTAH
- Turnover
Derek Fisher turnover
Q4 0:12 · HOU 94-92 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
