⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 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, 26 free throws to their eleven- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 8
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:38 · HOU 4-11 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 11:37 · HOU 60-57 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mo Williams bad pass
Q4 4:35 · HOU 107-107 UTAH
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:35 · HOU 112-109 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
