⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
They shot well above their usual, seven of ten from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 10:51 · LAL 98-78 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 10:00 · LAL 4-0 UTAH
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q3 9:15 · LAL 64-56 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Greg Ostertag Technical Foul
Q1 10:00 · LAL 4-0 UTAH
- Technical
Greg Ostertag Technical Foul
Q1 10:00 · LAL 4-0 UTAH
- Technical
Scott Padgett Technical Foul
Q1 4:11 · LAL 21-9 UTAH
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 70% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
