⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of fourteen from three- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Caron Butler Turnover
Q4 4:00 · LAL 83-86 UTAH
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:15 · LAL 83-88 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:12 · LAL 5-16 UTAH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q2 1:01 · LAL 45-51 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 7:07 · LAL 78-82 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
