⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 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 sixteen threes to their five- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 22-2 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 2
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:52 · UTAH 6-15 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 10:36 · UTAH 26-41 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 34-point lead to 42
Q4 8:29 · UTAH 65-107 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 16 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
