⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
+4Q136-27
+3Q229-21
-11Q327-31
0Q422-20
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 43 from three
- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 23-7 off them
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 58
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
23Points off turnovers7
6Offensive rebounds19
21Free throws made8
38%Three-point accuracy21%
🏀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
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:12 · UTAH 104-96 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:05 · UTAH 94-90 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
