Houston Rockets @ Utah Jazz
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Keith Bogans misses 18-foot jumper
- Mehmet Okur misses 20-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Carlos Boozer misses 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 13-foot jumper
- Deron Williams makes 10-foot running jumper (Mehmet Okur assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Carlos Boozer makes driving layup
- Juwan Howard misses layup
- Luther Head makes layup
- Keith Bogans makes driving layup
- Deron Williams misses 16-foot jumper
- Mehmet Okur misses 4-foot two point shot
- Carlos Boozer makes 19-foot jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming blocks Mehmet Okur's dunk
- Luther Head misses 14-foot jumper
- Matt Harpring misses 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses jumper
- Carlos Boozer makes 19-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
- Yao Ming makes jumper
- Mehmet Okur makes driving layup
- Luther Head misses layup
- Yao Ming makes layup
- Mehmet Okur makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Luther Head misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard misses 5-foot jumper
- Keith Bogans misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Devin Brown misses layup
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Carlos Boozer misses 18-foot two point shot
- Deron Williams makes 15-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard makes 5-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- David Wesley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Juwan Howard makes 20-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Devin Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deron Williams assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
- Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stromile Swift assists)
- Keith McLeod misses 9-foot running jumper
- Keith Bogans misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Matt Harpring misses 16-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 20-foot jumper
- Keith Bogans makes driving layup
- Jarron Collins makes 15-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
- Devin Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mehmet Okur assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Wesley assists)
- Mehmet Okur misses 6-foot jumper
- David Wesley misses 18-foot jumper
- David Wesley blocks Matt Harpring's layup
- Stromile Swift misses layup
- Stromile Swift makes slam dunk
- Devin Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Devin Brown assists)
- Juwan Howard misses 9-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes dunk (Luther Head assists)
- Juwan Howard makes dunk (Rick Brunson assists)
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Andrei Kirilenko blocks Rafer Alston's layup
- Juwan Howard makes 18-foot jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Luther Head makes driving layup
- Deron Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carlos Boozer assists)
- Juwan Howard misses 12-foot jumper
- David Wesley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Matt Harpring blocks Luther Head's layup
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Mehmet Okur misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Deron Williams misses 14-foot running jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 13-foot jumper
- Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Deron Williams assists)
- Andrei Kirilenko misses three point jumper
- Keith Bogans makes driving layup
- Matt Harpring makes 18-foot jumper (Carlos Boozer assists)
- Juwan Howard makes layup
- Mehmet Okur makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Mehmet Okur misses two point shot
- Rafer Alston makes layup (Luther Head assists)
- Andrei Kirilenko misses 23-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luther Head misses three point jumper
- Deron Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Juwan Howard makes two point shot
- Mehmet Okur makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Juwan Howard makes 12-foot two point shot
- Matt Harpring makes 19-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
- Juwan Howard misses 17-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard makes layup (Keith Bogans assists)
- Matt Harpring makes 14-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
- Keith Bogans misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Deron Williams assists)
- Juwan Howard makes jumper (Keith Bogans assists)
- Mehmet Okur makes 24-foot three point jumper (Matt Harpring assists)
- Juwan Howard makes layup (Luther Head assists)
- Carlos Boozer makes 16-foot two point shot (Deron Williams assists)
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Matt Harpring misses layup
- Luther Head misses three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup
- Carlos Boozer misses 12-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard misses layup
- Juwan Howard misses layup
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Deron Williams assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Deron Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mehmet Okur assists)
- Rafer Alston misses layup
- Stromile Swift misses tip shot
- Carlos Boozer misses 11-foot two point shot
- Deron Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- David Wesley makes 23-foot jumper
- David Wesley makes driving layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- David Wesley misses layup
- Chuck Hayes makes layup
- Deron Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup
- Mehmet Okur makes 25-foot three point jumper (Matt Harpring assists)
- David Wesley makes 21-foot jumper
- Matt Harpring misses 20-foot jumper
- Devin Brown misses 20-foot jumper
- Mehmet Okur misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Devin Brown makes 21-foot jumper (Keith McLeod assists)
- Stromile Swift misses 4-foot running jumper
- Mehmet Okur misses 13-foot two point shot
- Keith McLeod misses 21-foot jumper
- Matt Harpring makes layup (Mehmet Okur assists)
- Stromile Swift misses 7-foot two point shot
- Juwan Howard makes 20-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Juwan Howard makes 14-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston makes 22-foot jumper
- Keith McLeod misses layup
- Carlos Boozer misses 19-foot jumper
- Keith Bogans misses three point jumper
- Luther Head misses 22-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard misses 20-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 10-foot running jumper
- Deron Williams misses 21-foot jumper
- Andrei Kirilenko blocks Keith Bogans's 5-foot jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Mehmet Okur (Rafer Alston gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:37 | Keith Bogans misses 18-foot jumper | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:37 | Mehmet Okur defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:17 | Mehmet Okur misses 20-foot jumper | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:15 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:00 | Yao Ming misses layup | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:00 | Carlos Boozer defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:45 | Carlos Boozer misses 19-foot jumper | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:44 | Keith Bogans defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:33 | Yao Ming misses 13-foot jumper | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:32 | Carlos Boozer defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:21 | Rafer Alston personal foul (Carlos Boozer draws the foul) | 0 | 0 | |
| 10:07 | Deron Williams makes 10-foot running jumper (Mehmet Okur assists) | 0 | 2 | |
| 9:52 | Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper | 0 | 2 | |
| 9:48 | Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound | 0 | 2 | |
| 9:37 | Carlos Boozer makes driving layup | 0 | 4 | |
| 9:18 | Juwan Howard misses layup | 0 | 4 | |
| 9:17 | Mehmet Okur defensive rebound | 0 | 4 | |
| 9:11 | Carlos Boozer offensive foul (Keith Bogans draws the foul) | 0 | 4 | |
| 9:11 | Carlos Boozer turnover | 0 | 4 | |
| 9:00 | Luther Head makes layup | 2 | 4 | |
| 8:33 | Luther Head personal foul (Andrei Kirilenko draws the foul) | 2 | 4 | |
| 8:33 | Andrei Kirilenko misses free throw 1 of 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8:33 | Utah offensive rebound | 2 | 4 | |
| 8:33 | Andrei Kirilenko makes free throw 2 of 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 8:15 | Keith Bogans makes driving layup | 4 | 5 | |
| 7:52 | Deron Williams misses 16-foot jumper | 4 | 5 | |
| 7:50 | Juwan Howard defensive rebound | 4 | 5 | |
| 7:45 | Luther Head lost ball (Carlos Boozer steals) | 4 | 5 | |
| 7:37 | Mehmet Okur misses 4-foot two point shot | 4 | 5 | |
| 7:37 | Matt Harpring offensive rebound | 4 | 5 | |
| 7:24 | Carlos Boozer makes 19-foot jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists) | 4 | 7 | |
| 7:07 | Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper | 6 | 7 | |
| 6:47 | Yao Ming blocks Mehmet Okur's dunk | 6 | 7 | |
| 6:46 | Keith Bogans defensive rebound | 6 | 7 | |
| 6:37 | Keith Bogans bad pass (Matt Harpring steals) | 6 | 7 | |
| 6:22 | Mehmet Okur lost ball (Luther Head steals) | 6 | 7 | |
| 6:16 | Luther Head misses 14-foot jumper | 6 | 7 | |
| 6:13 | Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound | 6 | 7 | |
| 6:01 | Matt Harpring misses 19-foot jumper | 6 | 7 | |
| 5:58 | Keith Bogans defensive rebound | 6 | 7 | |
| 5:50 | Yao Ming misses jumper | 6 | 7 | |
| 5:48 | Mehmet Okur defensive rebound | 6 | 7 | |
| 5:41 | Carlos Boozer makes 19-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists) | 6 | 9 | |
| 5:13 | Yao Ming makes jumper | 8 | 9 | |
| 4:46 | Mehmet Okur makes driving layup | 8 | 11 | |
| 4:35 | Luther Head misses layup | 8 | 11 | |
| 4:35 | Yao Ming offensive rebound | 8 | 11 | |
| 4:35 | Yao Ming makes layup | 10 | 11 | |
| 4:35 | Andrei Kirilenko shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 10 | 11 | |
| 4:35 | Utah full timeout | 10 | 11 | |
| 4:35 | Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 1 | 11 | 11 | |
| 4:22 | Mehmet Okur makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists) | 11 | 13 | |
| 4:05 | Luther Head misses 24-foot three point jumper | 11 | 13 | |
| 4:03 | Mehmet Okur defensive rebound | 11 | 13 | |
| 3:50 | Keith Bogans shooting foul (Mehmet Okur draws the foul) | 11 | 13 | |
| 3:50 | Dikembe Mutombo enters the game for Yao Ming | 11 | 13 | |
| 3:50 | Mehmet Okur makes free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 14 | |
| 3:50 | Mehmet Okur makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 15 | |
| 3:36 | Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper | 11 | 15 | |
| 3:33 | Dikembe Mutombo offensive rebound | 11 | 15 | |
| 3:27 | Juwan Howard misses 5-foot jumper | 11 | 15 | |
| 3:26 | Houston defensive rebound | 11 | 15 | |
| 3:26 | Devin Brown enters the game for Matt Harpring | 11 | 15 | |
| 3:26 | Jarron Collins enters the game for Mehmet Okur | 11 | 15 | |
| 3:04 | Andrei Kirilenko backcourt | 11 | 15 | |
| 2:46 | Keith Bogans misses 24-foot three point jumper | 11 | 15 | |
| 2:44 | Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound | 11 | 15 | |
| 2:39 | Devin Brown misses layup | 11 | 15 | |
| 2:38 | Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound | 11 | 15 | |
| 2:30 | Rafer Alston makes driving layup | 13 | 15 | |
| 2:04 | Carlos Boozer misses 18-foot two point shot | 13 | 15 | |
| 2:01 | Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound | 13 | 15 | |
| 1:47 | Keith Bogans bad pass (Jarron Collins steals) | 13 | 15 | |
| 1:42 | Deron Williams makes 15-foot jumper | 13 | 17 | |
| 1:31 | Houston full timeout | 13 | 17 | |
| 1:31 | David Wesley enters the game for Luther Head | 13 | 17 | |
| 1:23 | Juwan Howard makes 5-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists) | 15 | 17 | |
| 1:04 | Juwan Howard shooting foul (Carlos Boozer draws the foul) | 15 | 17 | |
| 1:04 | Carlos Boozer makes free throw 1 of 2 | 15 | 18 | |
| 1:04 | Carlos Boozer makes free throw 2 of 2 | 15 | 19 | |
| 43.9 | David Wesley misses 25-foot three point jumper | 15 | 19 | |
| 41.4 | Dikembe Mutombo offensive rebound | 15 | 19 | |
| 30.0 | Juwan Howard makes 20-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists) | 17 | 19 | |
| 5.7 | Devin Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deron Williams assists) | 17 | 22 | |
| 0.1 | Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper | 17 | 22 | |
| 0.0 | Houston offensive rebound | 17 | 22 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 17 | 22 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Salt Lake City, UT

Referee:Joe Crawford
Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Gary Zielinski

2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 27 | 13 | .675 | - | L2 |
| Houston | 23 | 14 | .622 | 2.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 17 | 23 | .425 | 10 | L1 |
| Dallas | 15 | 26 | .366 | 12.5 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 33 | .233 | 18.5 | W1 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 34 | 7 | .829 | - | W4 |
| Denver | 28 | 13 | .683 | 6 | W3 |
| Minnesota | 27 | 14 | .659 | 7 | W2 |
| Portland | 19 | 22 | .463 | 15 | L2 |
| Utah | 14 | 26 | .350 | 19.5 | L1 |
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