⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 27- Won the glass, 38 rebounds to 27
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-15 off them
- They shot well above their usual, eight of seventeen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 3:20 · MIL 71-90 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Karl Malone Bad Pass. Stolen by Kevin Ollie.
Q4 1:31 · MIL 107-112 UTAH
- Missed FT
Mark Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:22 · MIL 112-115 UTAH
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · MIL 112-116 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MIL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
