⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 1:54 · UTAH 33-21 HOU
- Steal
Marvin Williams stole it from James Harden
Q4 2:03 · UTAH 101-98 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alec Burks misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:13 · UTAH 109-103 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 5:35 · UTAH 44-45 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 2:03 · UTAH 101-98 HOU
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
