⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 seven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 32 from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 0:00 · HOU 39-21 UTAH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27
Q2 4:12 · HOU 64-37 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 10:57 · HOU 89-77 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 5 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Steals | 18 |
| 21 | Blocks | 20 |
