⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of eighteen from three- Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 25
- Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 32-12 off them
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 44
Key battles
🏀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
- Turnover
Karl Malone Offensive Foul
Q4 1:54 · UTAH 87-81 LAL
- Turnover
Karl Malone Foul
Q4 1:54 · UTAH 87-81 LAL
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:15 · UTAH 88-81 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 5:39 · UTAH 36-38 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 7:03 · UTAH 82-78 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devean George Offensive Foul
Q4 4:22 · UTAH 82-76 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:11 · UTAH 87-80 LAL
- Missed FT
Robert Horry missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:38 · UTAH 89-83 LAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
