⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, 24 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 24
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 20-12 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 stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 1:20 · UTAH 51-38 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 5:05 · UTAH 81-80 DAL
- Winner
Andrei Kirilenko made Layup. Assisted by DeShawn Stevenson.
Q4 1:29 · UTAH 85-84 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Greg Ostertag missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:40 · UTAH 81-80 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:04 · UTAH 24-26 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 8:14 · UTAH 56-54 DAL
- Go-ahead
Michael Finley made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Q4 2:34 · UTAH 83-84 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki Technical Foul
Q2 0:49 · UTAH 44-38 DAL
- Turnover
Antoine Walker Bad Pass
Q4 4:33 · UTAH 78-80 DAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
