⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 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, 25 free throws to their fourteen- Made four threes to their ten
- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 52
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 7:20 · UTAH 39-28 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 9:14 · UTAH 59-53 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q4 4:41 · UTAH 97-82 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 12 | Blocks | 6 |
