⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 29 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 seventeen threes to their eight- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their eight
- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 32
- A 14-0 run took them from 7 down to 7 up 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 7 down to 7 up
Q4 9:30 · HOU 98-91 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 5:25 · HOU 111-96 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 2:44 · HOU 120-99 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 11:30 · HOU 58-61 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 0:37 · HOU 79-87 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 7 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 13 | Blocks | 22 |
