⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second 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 Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 24
A 12-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 20 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:08 · UTAH 31-22 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 1:59 · UTAH 49-35 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 10:02 · UTAH 86-54 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 20
Q4 7:35 · UTAH 86-66 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Technical Foul
Q3 0:27 · UTAH 75-50 ATL
- Technical
Stephen Jackson Technical Foul
Q4 8:34 · UTAH 81-54 ATL
- Technical
Stephen Jackson Technical Foul
Q4 8:34 · UTAH 81-54 ATL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 11 |
