⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 49 from three
- Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 50
- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 24 in the fourth 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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 2:14 · HOU 27-28 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 5:52 · HOU 41-49 UTAH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 24
Q4 4:35 · HOU 84-108 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kelly Olynyk misses technical free throw
Q2 4:34 · HOU 34-49 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q1 0:30 · HOU 27-42 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 1:34 · HOU 43-63 UTAH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 32
Q3 9:09 · HOU 48-80 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Ingles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:34 · HOU 34-49 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
