⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 24- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 7:45 · UTAH 77-70 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Karl Malone missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:55 · UTAH 77-74 LAC
- Turnover
Karl Malone Offensive Foul
Q4 2:31 · UTAH 78-74 LAC
- Turnover
Karl Malone Foul
Q4 2:31 · UTAH 78-74 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:16 · UTAH 78-75 LAC
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Bad Pass. Stolen by Andrei Kirilenko.
Q4 1:02 · UTAH 82-78 LAC
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Bad Pass
Q4 0:46 · UTAH 85-80 LAC
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
