⏱️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
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their fourteen- Made two threes to their thirteen
- They shot well above their usual, thirteen of 24 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:26 · UTAH 82-81 DAL
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:07 · UTAH 95-92 DAL
- Turnover
Matt Harpring Bad Pass. Stolen by Nick Van Exel.
Q4 0:02 · UTAH 95-92 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki Lost Ball. Stolen by John Stockton.
Q4 2:53 · UTAH 86-81 DAL
- Turnover
Steve Nash Offensive Foul
Q4 0:56 · UTAH 92-85 DAL
- Turnover
Steve Nash Foul
Q4 0:56 · UTAH 92-85 DAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
