⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
A 15-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 9 in the third quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 9
Q3 6:16 · UTAH 82-73 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:22 · UTAH 41-31 HOU
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
