⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Doug Christie Double Technical Foul. Karl Malone gains possession.
Q1 1:46 · SAC 7-11 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:26 · SAC 4-9 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:01 · SAC 22-35 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Karl Malone Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 1:46 · SAC 7-11 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 14 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 11 |
