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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 32 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 125 |
 Jazz | 31 | 37 | 30 | 35 | 133 |
HOUTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 41-9344.1% | 10-3429.4% | 33-4180.5% | 46 | 27 | 13 |
| UTA | 45-9050.0% | 14-3540.0% | 29-3876.3% | 50 | 33 | 13 |
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Utah Jazz133| 37 | 29 | 9-17 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 9-11 | 0 | +5 | +6.6 | |||||
| 37 | 28 | 8-14 | 2-6 | 10-12 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 28 | 13 | 5-11 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 26 | 10 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +3.2 | |||||
| 24 | 18 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 12 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 15 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.9 | |||||
| 10 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +1 | +0.1 | |||||
| Team | 133 | 45-9050.0% | 14-3540.0% | 50 | 33 | 13 | 31 | 29-3876.3% | 14 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 12 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Kyle Anderson, Cody Williams and Taylor Hendricks (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets125| 40 | 32 | 10-25 | 2-7 | 10-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −6.1 | |||||
| 38 | 31 | 12-19 | 1-3 | 6-8 | +3 | +15.8 | ||||||||
| 37 | 12 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 5-6 | −10 | −7.4 | ||||||||
| 37 | 23 | 8-16 | 0-3 | 7-9 | 0 | −8 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 23 | 9 | 3-8 | 3-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 10 | 3-10 | 3-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −7.0 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | +5.9 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.6 | ||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −3.6 | |||
| Team | 125 | 41-9344.1% | 10-3429.4% | 46 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 33-4180.5% | 16 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 18 points on 5 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Jeff Green and JD Davison (coach’s decision); Steven Adams (rest).
Jazz133Rockets125ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points, and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 133-125.
The Rockets got within 114-113 on Kevin Durant’s 3-pointer with 5:12 to play, but Keyonte George answered with a 3-pointer, and the Rockets got no closer than 126-123.
During clutch time, the Jazz outscored the Rockets 12-3. George scored 7 of the Jazz’s 12 on 1 for 1 shooting and 4 for 5 at the line.
George had 28 points and 8 assists. The Jazz had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Rockets, Durant had 32 points and 9 rebounds, and Alperen Sengun added 31 points (22 in the paint), 8 rebounds, 14 assists and 5 blocks. Amen Thompson had 23 points (16 in the paint) and 8 rebounds. Durant scored 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers.
The Jazz shot 50.0% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Rockets’ 44.1% and 29.4%. The Rockets got 16 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. Jusuf Nurkić fouled out.
Utah JazzHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Jazz’s chance bottomed out at 13% (1st quarter, 6:23 left).
104 points from the field on 90 shots: 12.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 6-12 | 50.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 18-34 | 52.9% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 7-9 | 77.8% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-11 | 54.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-24 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 24 | 8 | 3-4 | −1 |
| Amen Thompson | 14 | 2 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Kevin Durant | 13 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Alperen Sengun | 10 | 6 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 12 | 4-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amen Thompson | 24 | 1 | 0-0 | −7 |
| Aaron Holiday | 18 | 5 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Reed Sheppard | 14 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 9 | 6 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 12 | 4-7 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 27 | 9 | 4-8 | +5 |
| Amen Thompson | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Clint Capela | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 4-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 46 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = UTA leads, negative = HOU leads
UTA Largest Lead
21
Q3 2:09
HOU Largest Lead
4
Q1 8:14
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
HOU 12-0 run
Q3 1:20 – Q3 0:02
+21 → +9
