⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 18-4 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
- Go-ahead
Raja Bell made 21 ft Jumper.
Q4 2:55 · UTAH 87-86 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko Bad Pass. Stolen by Peja Stojakovic.
Q4 4:58 · UTAH 79-82 SAC
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:22 · UTAH 87-89 SAC
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:22 · UTAH 87-89 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- Winner
Peja Stojakovic made Layup. Assisted by Vlade Divac.
Q4 2:36 · UTAH 87-88 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 2:36 · UTAH 87-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Miller Technical Foul
Q1 4:01 · UTAH 12-13 SAC
- Missed FT
Bobby Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:31 · UTAH 87-93 SAC
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
