⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 sixteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 41
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 26
Q3 4:51 · HOU 64-90 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 18
Q3 0:56 · HOU 74-92 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 3:45 · HOU 16-27 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 36
Q3 7:01 · HOU 54-90 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 8:44 · HOU 78-108 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gobert technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:44 · HOU 39-57 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
