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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jazz | 20 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 93 |
 Rockets | 20 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 100 |
UTATeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 35-9437.2% | 9-3823.7% | 14-1973.7% | 47 | 26 | 15 |
| HOU | 36-8144.4% | 13-3735.1% | 15-2268.2% | 46 | 17 | 17 |
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 Rockets100| 40 | 8 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | +18 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 40 | 15 | 5-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0 | +11 | −3.0 | |||||||
| 39 | 26 | 10-26 | 3-12 | 3-5 | +19 | +0.4 | ||||||||
| 37 | 15 | 6-16 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | −1.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 16 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | +17 | +7.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +0.2 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.0 | |||
| 9 | 8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +3.3 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.8 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +1.5 | ||||
| Team | 100 | 36-8144.4% | 13-3735.1% | 46 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 15-2268.2% | 9 | 12 | 12 | |||
Bench 20 points on 7 for 12 shooting
Did not play: Gary Clark, Isaiah Hartenstein and Iman Shumpert (coach’s decision).
Utah Jazz93| 39 | 12 | 4-22 | 0-9 | 4-5 | 0 | −13 | −19.6 | |||||||
| 35 | 17 | 7-15 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 34 | 15 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −0.9 | ||||
| 32 | 11 | 4-12 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | +3.3 | |||||||
| 30 | 9 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −15 | −0.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 18 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | +8 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −2.0 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.5 | ||||
| Team | 93 | 35-9437.2% | 9-3823.7% | 47 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 14-1973.7% | 14 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 29 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Kyle Korver, Raul Neto, Ekpe Udoh and Grayson Allen (coach’s decision).
Rockets100Jazz93ClickTap 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.
James Harden scored 26 points (14 in the paint), and the Houston Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 100-93 in Game 5 of the first round to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.
Chris Paul’s 12-foot fadeaway put the Rockets ahead for good with 7:32 left in the fourth quarter.
The Jazz got within 94-93 on Ricky Rubio’s 12-foot fadeaway with 1:32 to play, but P.J. Tucker answered with 2 free throws, and the Jazz got no closer. They had the ball down 1 with 1:09 left, but Eric Gordon stole the ball from Donovan Mitchell. A basket would have put the Jazz ahead.
Paul’s 2 free throws with 29.2 seconds left made it 100-93 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Jazz 9-5. Harden (No. 1 in clutch points, 2018-19) scored 6 of the Rockets’ 9 on 2 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Rubio had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Georges Niang’s alley oop layup that put the Jazz ahead 77-75, and the Jazz scored 4 points off them.
Clint Capela had 16 points (12 in the paint), 10 rebounds and 3 blocks.
For the Jazz, Royce O'Neale scored 18 points on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench, and Mitchell went 0 for 9 from 3.
The Rockets shot 44.4% from the field and 35.1% from 3 to the Jazz’s 37.2% and 23.7%. The Rockets’ starters outscored the Jazz 50-30 in 21 minutes together.
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).
85 points from the field on 80 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-23 | 52.2% | 63% |
| In the paint | 9-17 | 52.9% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 2-4 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-28 | 35.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce O'Neale | 34 | 11 | 5-13 | −5 |
| Ricky Rubio | 16 | 4 | 2-8 | −3 |
| Rudy Gobert | 6 | 4 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 5 | 2-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gobert | 38 | 6 | 3-4 | −3 |
| Derrick Favors | 14 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Royce O'Neale | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Joe Ingles | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 2-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 40 | 5 | 2-5 | −5 |
| Ricky Rubio | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Joe Ingles | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Royce O'Neale | 4 | 4 | 1-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Crowder 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Rubio 11 AST)
Q4 2:49
23.3%
82→59
Harden 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (24 PTS)
Q4 2:20
20.2%
59→79
Crowder 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (O'Neale 2 AST)
Q4 5:57
19.2%
77→58
Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Paul 5 AST)
Q4 5:36
18.0%
59→76
Rubio 12' Fadeaway Jumper (17 PTS)
Q4 1:32
16.2%
82→66
