⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 25- Gave up second chances, 22 offensive rebounds to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 3:43 · HOU 23-15 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 1:34 · HOU 31-19 UTAH
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Patrick Patterson defensive goaltending
Q4 4:11 · HOU 91-87 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 10:00 · HOU 7-11 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:43 · HOU 89-83 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
