Utah Jazz @ Houston Rockets
WEST 1ST ROUND - GAME 2 • HOU leads series 2-0
50-32, 21-20 Away
98
50-32, 21-20 Away
53-29, 31-10 Home
118
53-29, 31-10 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Clint Capela makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 3-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 1
- Derrick Favors misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses 13-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Favors misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Favors makes 2-foot dunk (Rudy Gobert assists)
- James Harden makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- Donovan Mitchell makes pullup jump shot
- Chris Paul misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Donovan Mitchell misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Eric Gordon makes 29-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 3-foot layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Donovan Mitchell makes driving layup
- James Harden makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Jae Crowder makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Donovan Mitchell misses driving floating jump shot
- Donovan Mitchell misses 22-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Royce O'Neale misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Ricky Rubio makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Royce O'Neale assists)
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- James Harden makes 4-foot jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Royce O'Neale makes 4-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Rudy Gobert makes alley oop dunk shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses driving layup
- Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- Joe Ingles misses 30-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jae Crowder misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes 3-foot dunk (Royce O'Neale assists)
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Korver misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Thabo Sefolosha misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Raul Neto misses driving layup
- Gerald Green makes free throw 1 of 3
- Gerald Green makes free throw 2 of 3
- Gerald Green makes free throw 3 of 3
- Raul Neto misses two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 38-foot three point jumper
- Gerald Green misses 32-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Favors makes dunk
- Eric Gordon misses driving layup
- Donovan Mitchell misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Eric Gordon makes 30-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Royce O'Neale makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
- Kenneth Faried misses alley oop dunk shot
- Donovan Mitchell misses driving floating jump shot
- Derrick Favors makes tip shot
- Eric Gordon misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Royce O'Neale makes driving layup (Donovan Mitchell assists)
- Clint Capela makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Royce O'Neale makes 23-foot three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
- James Harden makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Thabo Sefolosha misses driving layup
- Derrick Favors misses layup
- James Harden makes 28-foot three point shot
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 1
- Derrick Favors makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Donovan Mitchell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 2-foot layup (James Harden assists)
- Donovan Mitchell makes 28-foot three pointer
- Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Joe Ingles misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Donovan Mitchell makes 3-foot dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
- James Harden misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Donovan Mitchell misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- PJ Tucker makes 28-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Donovan Mitchell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Joe Ingles makes two point shot (Donovan Mitchell assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Ricky Rubio makes two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 29-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- Royce O'Neale misses 30-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Jae Crowder misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert misses tip shot
- Ricky Rubio makes 11-foot two point shot (Joe Ingles assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 7-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Derrick Favors makes two point shot
- Chris Paul makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Joe Ingles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Chris Paul makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Joe Ingles misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio makes two point shot (Donovan Mitchell assists)
- Chris Paul makes 16-foot jumper
- Chris Paul misses driving layup
- Ricky Rubio misses two point shot
- Ricky Rubio makes 12-foot two point shot
- Joe Ingles makes two point shot (Jae Crowder assists)
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden misses 30-foot step back jumpshot
- Donovan Mitchell makes 22-foot jumper (Royce O'Neale assists)
- Clint Capela misses 5-foot jumper
- Royce O'Neale misses 29-foot three point jumper
- PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ricky Rubio misses layup
- Jae Crowder misses layup
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jae Crowder misses driving floating jump shot
- Jae Crowder makes tip shot
- James Harden misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Joe Ingles misses 28-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 29-foot three point jumper
- Donovan Mitchell misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Danuel House Jr. misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Grayson Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Grayson Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jae Crowder misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Joe Ingles misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jae Crowder misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Grayson Allen misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Favors makes alley oop dunk shot (Joe Ingles assists)
- Grayson Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Grayson Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Gerald Green misses driving floating jump shot
- Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
- Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
- Donovan Mitchell misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Grayson Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
- Grayson Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Georges Niang misses two point shot
- Derrick Favors makes dunk (Georges Niang assists)
- Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 2
- Clint Capela misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ricky Rubio misses layup
- Clint Capela makes alley oop layup (James Harden assists)
- Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 1
- Royce O'Neale makes 3-foot driving dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- Georges Niang makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Royce O'Neale makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- PJ Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
- PJ Tucker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ricky Rubio misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 31-foot step back jumpshot
- Ricky Rubio makes 2-foot two point shot
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ricky Rubio makes 23-foot three point jumper (Royce O'Neale assists)
- Austin Rivers misses driving floating jump shot
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried misses free throw 2 of 2
- Georges Niang misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Donovan Mitchell misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Georges Niang makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
- Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot dunk (James Harden assists)
- Ricky Rubio misses two point shot
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
- Iman Shumpert misses 18-foot jumper
- Ekpe Udoh misses 11-foot jumper
- Danuel House Jr. makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Grayson Allen makes 7-foot two point shot
- Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Grayson Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Grayson Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Hartenstein makes 5-foot layup (Iman Shumpert assists)
- Grayson Allen makes driving layup
- Grayson Allen makes free throw 1 of 1
- Danuel House Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Hartenstein makes tip shot
- Royce O'Neale makes 25-foot three point jumper (Georges Niang assists)
- Austin Rivers misses driving layup
- Raul Neto makes two point shot (Georges Niang assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: HOU, 65.6
Win %: HOU, 67.3
Win %: HOU, 69.7
Win %: HOU, 71.6
Win %: HOU, 73.4
Win %: HOU, 77.0
Win %: HOU, 75.3
Win %: HOU, 75.6
Win %: HOU, 76.9
Win %: HOU, 75.4
Win %: HOU, 76.9
Win %: HOU, 77.4
Win %: HOU, 75.9
Win %: HOU, 75.4
Win %: HOU, 76.9
Win %: HOU, 75.3
Win %: HOU, 73.5
Win %: HOU, 73.2
Win %: HOU, 75.3
Win %: HOU, 73.2
Win %: HOU, 71.8
Win %: HOU, 71.3
Win %: HOU, 72.7
Win %: HOU, 73.2
Win %: HOU, 71.7
UTAH @ HOU Videos
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Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Tony Brown
Referee:Zach Zarba
Referee:Tony Brown
Referee:Tom Washington
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 60 | 16 | .789 | - | W3 |
| Denver | 48 | 28 | .632 | 12 | W6 |
| Minnesota | 46 | 29 | .613 | 13.5 | W1 |
| Portland | 38 | 38 | .500 | 22 | W1 |
| Utah | 21 | 55 | .276 | 39 | L6 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 57 | 18 | .760 | - | W9 |
| Houston | 45 | 29 | .608 | 11.5 | W2 |
| Memphis | 25 | 50 | .333 | 32 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 25 | 51 | .329 | 32.5 | L5 |
| Dallas | 24 | 51 | .320 | 33 | L1 |
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