⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 26-16 off them- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 28
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8 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.
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 11:25 · UTAH 11-2 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 8:05 · UTAH 44-42 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:14 · UTAH 58-49 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gobert misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q3 7:59 · UTAH 81-66 HOU
- Technical
Georges Niang technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:10 · UTAH 99-83 HOU
- Technical
Joe Ingles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:10 · UTAH 124-108 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q1 6:53 · UTAH 22-16 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 1:42 · UTAH 96-83 HOU
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8
Q4 3:27 · UTAH 124-116 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jae'Sean Tate flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:59 · UTAH 80-66 HOU
📊The numbers
| UTAH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 18 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
