⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-12 off them- Lost the glass, 15 rebounds to 26
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:14 · UTAH 12-4 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:52 · UTAH 57-59 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses technical free throw
Q2 0:11 · UTAH 49-57 HOU
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur bad pass
Q4 2:41 · UTAH 91-98 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- Steal
Shane Battier stole it from Mehmet Okur
Q4 2:41 · UTAH 91-98 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
