⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 7 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eleven
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
- Go-ahead
Keith McLeod made 20 ft jumper.
Q4 1:39 · UTAH 82-81 WSH
- Go-ahead
Gordan Giricek made 15 ft running jumper. Assisted by Matt Harpring.
Q4 1:05 · UTAH 84-83 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur Bad Pass. Stolen by Larry Hughes.
Q4 2:47 · UTAH 80-81 WSH
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur Bad Pass
Q4 2:23 · UTAH 80-81 WSH
- Turnover
Gordan Giricek Lost Ball. Stolen by Larry Hughes.
Q4 2:03 · UTAH 80-81 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- Lead
Kwame Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:17 · UTAH 82-83 WSH
- Ties it
Kwame Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:17 · UTAH 82-82 WSH
- Winner
Larry Hughes made 21 ft jumper.
Q4 0:46 · UTAH 84-85 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gilbert Arenas Bad Pass. Stolen by Gordan Giricek.
Q4 2:08 · UTAH 80-81 WSH
- Turnover
Etan Thomas Traveling
Q4 1:59 · UTAH 80-81 WSH
- Turnover
Larry Hughes Bad Pass. Stolen by Keith McLeod.
Q4 0:06 · UTAH 84-85 WSH
📊The numbers
| UTAH | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
