Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Houston 65-17, Utah 48-34
Game 1 on Sunday, 29 April: Utah loses at Houston, 110-pts-96
Game 2 on Wednesday, 02 May: Utah wins at Houston, 116-pts-108
Game 3 on Friday, 04 May: Houston wins at Utah, 113-pts-92
Game 4 on Sunday, 06 May: Houston wins at Utah, 100-pts-87
Game 5 on Tuesday, 08 May: Utah loses at Houston, 112-pts-102

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the Utah Jazz 112-pts-102 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1378 victory. With the series 1378 win, the Houston Rockets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 18-19 overall and 8-7 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1378 loss, the Utah Jazz see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 13-19 overall and 6-10 (with an active four-Quarterfinals series losing streak) in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Houston Rockets in series 1378 was WLWWW: Series 1378 thus becomes the 15th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 28th NBA series (all rounds), and the 82nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Houston Rockets visited and defeated the Utah Jazz 100-pts-87 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1378 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 8-0 and a Game 5 record of 6-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 0-11 and a Game 5 record of 4-7 (with an active four-Game 5 losing streak).

After Game 3: The Houston Rockets visited and defeated the Utah Jazz 113-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1378 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 11-2 and a Game 4 record of 7-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 2-13 and a Game 4 record of 5-10.

After Game 2: The Utah Jazz visited and defeated the Houston Rockets 116-pts-108 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1378 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 8-3 and a Game 3 record of 6-5, while the Utah Jazz have a series record of 4-4 and a Game 3 record of 4-4.

After Game 1: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the Utah Jazz 110-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1378 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 12-4 and a Game 2 record of 9-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Utah Jazz have a series record of 3-15 and a Game 2 record of 3-15.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Houston Rockets finished 17 games ahead of the Utah Jazz. From 1947 through the 2018 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 17 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 10-2 (.833) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1378 is the 37th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Houston Rockets, and the 32nd for the Utah Jazz. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 17-19, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 7-7, and a Game 1 record of 16-20, while the Utah Jazz have an all-rounds series record of 13-18, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 6-9, and a Game 1 record of 13-18. Series 1378 is the fifth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz. In their four previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings, Houston defeated Utah in five games in series 671 (in the 1994 NBA Semifinals), and Utah defeated Houston in six games in series 743 (in the 1997 NBA Semifinals), in seven games in series 1012 (in the 2007 NBA Preliminary round), and in six games in series 1045 (in the 2008 NBA Preliminary round).