⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:48 · HOU 36-38 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:37 · HOU 80-85 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 11:45 · HOU 26-38 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:36 · HOU 87-95 UTAH
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:36 · HOU 87-95 UTAH
- Missed FT
Derrick Favors misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:05 · HOU 87-95 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
