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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jazz | 27 | 26 | 36 | 29 | 118 |
 Rockets | 27 | 36 | 29 | 33 | 125 |
UTATeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 41-8946.1% | 15-4136.6% | 21-2680.8% | 41 | 20 | 10 |
| HOU | 43-9147.3% | 12-3435.3% | 27-3479.4% | 47 | 25 | 8 |
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Houston Rockets125| 41 | 12 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0 | +6 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 37 | 43 | 17-24 | 1-3 | 8-12 | +7 | +18.4 | ||||||||
| 34 | 17 | 6-11 | 3-6 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +0.8 | |||||
| 33 | 22 | 5-14 | 2-4 | 10-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.0 | |||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −7 | −7.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 14 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-7 | 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −5.8 | ||||
| 12 | 11 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +5.1 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −0.4 | ||||||
| Team | 125 | 43-9147.3% | 12-3435.3% | 47 | 25 | 8 | 21 | 27-3479.4% | 18 | 2 | 8 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Jae'Sean Tate, Steven Adams, Clint Capela, Isaiah Crawford, Marcus Smart and Bruce Thornton (coach’s decision).
Utah Jazz118| 38 | 27 | 8-18 | 4-7 | 7-8 | 0 | +7 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 21 | 7-13 | 3-8 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +3.4 | |||||
| 34 | 28, Career high (his best before, 26) | 9-20 | 4-11, Ties his career high | 6-7 | 0 | −7 | +5.6 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-2 | +4 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 13 | 12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +6.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −8.4 | |||||
| 20 | 9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | +4 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.9 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −5.4 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.6 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.4 | |
| Team | 118 | 41-8946.1% | 15-4136.6% | 41 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 21-2680.8% | 13 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bench 23 points on 10 for 25 shooting
Rockets125Jazz118ClickTap 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.
Alperen Sengun had 43 points (32 in the paint) and 12 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets went on a 14-0 run in the third quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 125-118.
The Jazz went on a 34-12 run to lead 87-77 with 3:31 left in the third quarter. Sengun’s tip-in put the Rockets ahead for good with 1:02 left in the quarter. He and Fred VanVleet scored 7 points each during the run, and they led 91-87 with 30 seconds left in the quarter and by as many as 9 in the fourth quarter.
The Jazz got within 117-116 on Darryn Peterson’s 13-foot pull-up jumper with 2:46 to play, but Amen Thompson answered with a cutting layup, and the Jazz got no closer.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Jazz 13-11. Sengun scored 5 of the Rockets’ 13 on 2 for 4 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line. Sengun went 5 for 8 on hook shots. He has taken 910 hook shots since 2022-23, the most in the NBA, and made 49.2% of them (the league: 48.3%).
Kevin Durant had 22 points (10 in the first quarter) and 6 assists.
For the Jazz, Peterson scored a career-high 28 points, and Keyonte George added 27 points and 7 assists. Ace Bailey scored 21 points. The Jazz had 3 20-point scorers.
The Jazz committed 13 turnovers to the Rockets’ 8. They gave up 18 offensive rebounds, about 7 more than usual for the shots the Rockets missed. The Jazz outscored the Rockets 21-9 in 6 minutes with Bradley, Okogie, George, Bailey and Peterson on the floor together. Mo Bamba fouled out.
Houston RocketsUtah JazzPS, 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.
98 points from the field on 91 shots: 1.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-26 | 61.5% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-23 | 43.5% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-8 | 62.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 36% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-27 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo Bamba | 19 | 18 | 7-11 | +12 |
| Tony Bradley | 13 | 8 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 13 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
| Ace Bailey | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 9 | 3-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Bailey | 30 | 7 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Josh Okogie | 14 | 2 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Josh Green | 9 | 6 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Keyonte George | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 7 | 2-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryn Peterson | 27 | 3 | 1-5 | −3 |
| Keyonte George | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Isaiah Collier | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Josh Green | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 10 | 4-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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 = HOU leads, negative = UTA leads
HOU Largest Lead
12
Q3 11:10
UTA Largest Lead
10
Q3 3:31
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
UTA 9-0 run
Q1 1:02 – Q2 10:21
+5 → -4
HOU 9-0 run
Q2 5:10 – Q2 3:17
+2 → +11
UTA 9-0 run
Q3 9:10 – Q3 8:05
+9 → 0
UTA 11-0 run
Q3 7:06 – Q3 5:35
+3 → -8
