⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 8 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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24- A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 41
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up
Q1 7:35 · UTAH 16-11 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 6:07 · UTAH 43-30 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:54 · UTAH 74-69 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:26 · UTAH 2-11 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 10:29 · UTAH 58-46 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Blake Bad Pass. Stolen by Andrei Kirilenko.
Q4 4:43 · UTAH 74-69 WSH
📊The numbers
| UTAH | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
