⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, 32 free throws to their twenty
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- Steal
James Harden stole it from Al Jefferson
Q4 0:53 · HOU 95-88 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · HOU 100-93 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:18 · HOU 87-78 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:11 · HOU 67-45 UTAH
- Turnover
Al Jefferson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:53 · HOU 95-88 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
