⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 20 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 10:56 · UTAH 80-87 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q4 7:16 · UTAH 84-102 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
