⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made three threes to their ten- Went cold from three, three of sixteen
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 stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 2:58 · UTAH 54-39 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:41 · UTAH 72-55 HOU
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 0:58 · UTAH 97-90 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 4:13 · UTAH 16-22 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 5:35 · UTAH 72-60 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
