⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 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 eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 39 from three
A 16-0 run took them from 13 down to 3 up 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 4:41 · HOU 18-11 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 4:09 · HOU 105-96 UTAH
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Clint Capela defensive goaltending violation
Q4 2:17 · HOU 105-98 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:22 · HOU 43-43 UTAH
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 13 down to 3 up
Q3 7:42 · HOU 64-67 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jae Crowder bad pass
Q4 3:38 · HOU 100-96 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 8 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 18 | Blocks | 18 |
