⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 33- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:48 · UTAH 12-5 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 9:48 · UTAH 60-54 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 6:41 · UTAH 72-61 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 6:56 · UTAH 37-34 DAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 12 |
