⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CLE 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 Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 23-5 off them- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 41
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 5:41 · UTAH 108-78 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Wesley Person Technical Foul
Q2 2:25 · UTAH 49-38 CLE
- Technical
Andre Miller Technical Foul
Q3 8:04 · UTAH 67-45 CLE
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 35 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
