Utah Jazz – Houston Rockets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 9 February 2020

UTA114–113HOU

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 90% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

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↑ HOU winsUTA wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when HOU leads and falls when UTA does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jordan Clarkson decided it, the Utah Jazz player with the most points (30, with 6 rebounds and 2 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Juwan Morgan's (+11). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Houston Rockets 113-114 Utah Jazz (February 9, 2020) was hit by Bojan Bogdanović: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Utah Jazz up 114-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Houston Rockets 113-114 Utah Jazz (February 9, 2020) was a 12-0 run by the Houston Rockets in the first quarter (from 6:25 to 5:10), from 7-12 to 19-12. The Utah Jazz' best was a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 5:27 to 3:00), from 98-100 to 107-100.

What were the keys of the last Houston Rockets vs Utah Jazz game?

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Play: Bojan Bogdanovic makes 28-foot three point jumper (Joe Ingles assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Bojan Bogdanović decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Bogdanović decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

9 February 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401161432:641; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · UTA

Mitchell · Gobert · Ingles · Bogdanovic · Clarkson

Closing lineup · HOU

Harden · Westbrook · Tucker · Covington · Chandler

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UTA

Donovan Mitchell

37′ · -6

Rudy Gobert

37′ · -6

Mike Conley

34′ · +9

Joe Ingles

33′ · +2

Bojan Bogdanovic

32′ · -8

Jordan Clarkson

29′ · +5

Royce O'Neale

19′ · +2

Georges Niang

9′ · 0

Tony Bradley

4′ · -4

Juwan Morgan

7′ · +11

HOU

James Harden

39′ · +8

Russell Westbrook

38′ · +4

P.J. Tucker

36′ · +10

Danuel House Jr.

36′ · -6

Robert Covington

35′ · +4

Ben McLemore

27′ · -8

Austin Rivers

19′ · -7

Thabo Sefolosha

10′ · -7

Tyson Chandler

0′ · -3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. UTA and HOU.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Utah Jazz

Mitchell, Conley, Bogdanovic, Gobert, and Ingles played 19.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
O'Neale, Mitchell, Bogdanovic, Gobert, and Clarkson played 11.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Niang, Morgan, Conley, Clarkson, and Ingles played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Houston Rockets

House, Tucker, Westbrook, Harden, and Covington played 16.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Tucker, Westbrook, Harden, McLemore, and Covington played 8.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
House, Sefolosha, Westbrook, Rivers, and McLemore played 7.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

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Utah Jazz

O'Neale, Morgan, Conley, Clarkson, and Ingles played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Niang, Bradley, Conley, Clarkson, and Ingles played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
O'Neale, Niang, Bradley, Conley, and Clarkson played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Mitchell, Conley, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Mitchell, Bogdanovic, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
O'Neale, Mitchell, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Houston Rockets

House, Tucker, Harden, McLemore, and Covington played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
House, Tucker, Westbrook, Harden, and Rivers played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Tucker, Harden, Rivers, McLemore, and Covington played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
House, Westbrook, Rivers, McLemore, and Covington played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
House, Sefolosha, Harden, Rivers, and McLemore played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Sefolosha, Harden, Rivers, McLemore, and Covington played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Rudy Gobert covered 4.36 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 85 times, a game high.
Joe Ingles made 63 passes, a game high.
Rudy Gobert defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Rudy Gobert had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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Utah Jazz

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rudy Gobert	4.36	6.6	51	37
Donovan Mitchell	4.28	6.6	79	51
Mike Conley	4.12	6.9	72	51
Joe Ingles	3.85	6.5	73	63
Jordan Clarkson	3.70	7.1	45	25
Bojan Bogdanovic	3.64	6.3	44	33
Royce O'Neale	2.33	6.9	35	30
Georges Niang	1.14	7.3	15	9
Juwan Morgan	0.95	7.2	9	5
Tony Bradley	0.48	7.0	5	4

Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Danuel House Jr.	4.33	6.7	35	23
Russell Westbrook	4.25	6.3	85	48
P.J. Tucker	3.97	6.2	29	24
James Harden	3.96	5.7	79	48
Robert Covington	3.89	6.3	49

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Utah Jazz

Rudy Gobert contested 16.4 shots per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 2 of 352 in the league.
Mike Conley drew 0.15 charges per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 36 of 352 in the league.
Joe Ingles deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 47 of 352 in the league.

Houston Rockets

P.J. Tucker recovered 1.5 loose balls per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 5 of 352 in the league.
Russell Westbrook recovered 1.5 loose balls per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 7 of 352 in the league.
James Harden recovered 1.5 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 7 of 352 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Houston Rockets have won 67 of their 143 games against the Utah Jazz.

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Game context

Attendance

18.055

100% of capacity

Toyota Center · Houston

Scoring

227

combined points

3.4 above the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

22 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:40.9

Donovan Mitchell → Rockets

Mitchell (UTA) establishes his left foot as his pivot after receiving the pass and slides it as the pick approaches.