⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 no threes to their seven- Went cold from three, no of fourteen
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:37 · UTAH 14-9 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 7:22 · UTAH 38-32 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 10:21 · UTAH 76-67 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur bad pass
Q4 0:58 · UTAH 82-74 HOU
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · UTAH 84-82 HOU
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · UTAH 84-82 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:42 · UTAH 20-22 HOU
- Steal
Carl Landry stole it from Mehmet Okur
Q4 0:58 · UTAH 82-74 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chuck Hayes bad pass
Q4 4:58 · UTAH 76-70 HOU
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:35 · UTAH 76-71 HOU
- Turnover
Tracy McGrady bad pass
Q4 2:21 · UTAH 80-73 HOU
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 0 | Threes made | 7 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
