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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 28 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 104 |
 Jazz | 30 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 101 |
HOUTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 33-8638.4% | 15-4533.3% | 23-3467.6% | 52 | 19 | 13 |
| UTA | 32-7741.6% | 12-4129.3% | 25-3865.8% | 48 | 21 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Houston Rockets104| 39 | 22 | 3-20 | 2-13 | 14-16 | 0 | +4 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 38 | 12 | 4-11 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 0 | +5 | −5.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 12 | 3-11 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-5 | +3 | +0.2 | |||||||
| 33 | 18 | 7-15 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +1.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.3 | |||||
| 17 | 11 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.5 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.8 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.1 | |||
| Team | 104 | 33-8638.4% | 15-4533.3% | 52 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 23-3467.6% | 9 | 11 | 4 | |||
Bench 29 points on 11 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Iman Shumpert, Nene, Isaiah Hartenstein and Gary Clark (coach’s decision).
Utah Jazz101| 42 | 34 | 9-27 | 4-12 | 12-17 | 0 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| 33 | 10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | +6 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −5.1 | |||||
| 31 | 10 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 24 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.0 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −7.7 | |||||||
| 17 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +1.7 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.1 | ||||
| 15 | 13 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | −9 | +4.3 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.3 | ||
| Team | 101 | 32-7741.6% | 12-4129.3% | 48 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 25-3865.8% | 7 | 9 | 11 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Grayson Allen, Thabo Sefolosha and Ekpe Udoh (coach’s decision).
Rockets104Jazz101ClickTap 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.
The Houston Rockets went on a 13-3 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 104-101 for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Jazz led 80-76 with 10:22 left in the fourth quarter. Gerald Green’s 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead for good with 9:28 left. James Harden scored 7 points and Green made 2 3-pointers, both on passes from Harden during the run. The Rockets led 89-83 with 6:57 left.
The Jazz got within 96-95 on Donovan Mitchell’s step-back 3-pointer with 1:34 to play, but Harden answered with a step-back 3-pointer, and the Jazz got no closer than 99-97.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 13. Mitchell scored 9 of the Jazz’s 13 on 3 for 7 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Jae Crowder had 2 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Jazz scored 3 points off them.
Harden had 22 points, 10 assists and 6 steals but shot 3 for 20, and Austin Rivers added 11 points (6 on 2 3-pointers) off the bench.
For the Jazz, Mitchell had 34 points and 3 steals but shot 9 for 27.
The Jazz got 7 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.
Houston RocketsUtah JazzPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
81 points from the field on 85 shots: 11.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-25 | 56.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-12 | 25.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 1-4 | 25.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 6-15 | 40.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-30 | 30.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce O'Neale | 29 | 4 | 1-9 | −10 |
| Ricky Rubio | 20 | 4 | 1-7 | −5 |
| Rudy Gobert | 7 | 2 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Joe Ingles | 7 | 5 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 4 | 0-6 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 35 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Rubio | 21 | 4 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Joe Ingles | 18 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Rudy Gobert | 6 | 5 | 2-5 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 40 | 5 | 2-5 | −5 |
| Ricky Rubio | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Joe Ingles | 8 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Royce O'Neale | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 1 | 0-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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.
UTA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
UTA
Highest Leverage Moments
Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 1:11
24.4%
37→13
Mitchell 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (30 PTS)
Q4 1:34
23.0%
14→37
Gordon 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Paul 4 AST)
Q4 2:32
22.8%
43→21
Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Harden 10 AST)
Q4 9:28
14.5%
55→41
Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Harden 9 AST)
Q4 10:01
14.4%
67→53
