⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 29-15 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 2:35 · UTAH 23-16 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 3:44 · UTAH 58-67 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 0:39 · UTAH 66-69 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell Technical Foul
Q3 8:07 · UTAH 42-56 LAL
- Missed FT
Jarron Collins missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:37 · UTAH 81-87 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 6:56 · UTAH 46-65 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · UTAH 84-90 LAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
