⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+7Q134-22
+3Q235-28
+5Q338-28
+4Q433-28
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 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 fifteen threes to their five- A 12-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 29 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
47%Three-point accuracy19%
15Threes made5
10Offensive rebounds17
23Free throws made15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 29
Q3 1:47 · HOU 107-78 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Filipowski flopping technical foul
Q2 1:53 · HOU 61-43 UTAH
📊The numbers
| HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
