⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
+6Q124-15
-5Q221-21
+1Q323-21
+5Q432-25
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 29- Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 28, and outscored them 33-16 off them
- Lost the glass, 28 rebounds to 42
Key battles
5Offensive rebounds18
11Blocks3
10%Three-point accuracy21%
33Points off turnovers16
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Hardaway Technical Foul
Q3 8:41 · UTAH 53-39 DEN
- Technical
George McCloud Technical Foul
Q4 9:19 · UTAH 75-59 DEN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 28 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
