⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 39
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 3:56 · HOU 27-20 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q3 10:17 · HOU 84-50 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 34
Q4 8:25 · HOU 119-85 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q1 7:12 · HOU 11-7 UTAH
- Technical
Amen Thompson technical foul
Q3 3:35 · HOU 92-61 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
