⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:26 · UTAH 90-93 DEN
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:26 · UTAH 90-93 DEN
- Turnover
Keith McLeod Bad Pass. Stolen by Eduardo Najera.
Q4 3:15 · UTAH 90-97 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:38 · UTAH 8-14 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 5:05 · UTAH 90-101 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 5:05 · UTAH 63-64 DEN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
