⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their thirteen- A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up in the first 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up
Q1 8:50 · HOU 18-12 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 0:08 · HOU 41-28 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 6:04 · HOU 126-100 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 22
Q4 9:32 · HOU 117-95 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gobert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:10 · HOU 66-49 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 23 | Threes made | 13 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 7 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 20 | Steals | 13 |
| 24 | Blocks | 18 |
