⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 48 free throws to their 33- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 20-11 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 0:00 · UTAH 46-40 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 0:08 · UTAH 70-53 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Karl Malone Bad Pass. Stolen by Chris Anderson.
Q4 1:37 · UTAH 88-80 DEN
- Turnover
John Stockton Bad Pass. Stolen by Juwan Howard.
Q4 0:52 · UTAH 91-84 DEN
- Turnover
John Stockton Out of Bounds
Q4 0:47 · UTAH 91-86 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Anderson Bad Pass. Stolen by John Stockton.
Q4 1:30 · UTAH 88-80 DEN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
