⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
-1Q136-38
+7Q230-24
-19Q319-38
+3Q425-20
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 31 from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 64
Key battles
1Steals9
7Threes made20
23%Three-point accuracy42%
64Points in the paint36
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 3:27 · UTAH 80-93 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 20 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
