⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 10:30 · DAL 26-28 UTAH
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass. Stolen by Greg Ostertag.
Q4 2:50 · DAL 77-85 UTAH
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass
Q4 1:54 · DAL 79-87 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 3:23 · DAL 52-67 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Matt Harpring missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q2 4:43 · DAL 35-37 UTAH
- Technical
Calbert Cheaney Technical Foul
Q3 4:22 · DAL 50-58 UTAH
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko Bad Pass. Stolen by Walt Williams.
Q4 1:57 · DAL 79-87 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 9 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
