⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 29 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 33-10 off them
- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 42
- A 16-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 37 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q1 5:41 · UTAH 27-16 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 11:48 · UTAH 61-45 HOU
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 37
Q3 5:11 · UTAH 91-54 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gobert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:13 · UTAH 4-6 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 3:52 · UTAH 49-40 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 27
Q4 9:06 · UTAH 99-72 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 13 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
