⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
+6Q134-27
-11Q215-27
+14Q326-13
+4Q428-23
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 23
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 18-10 off them
Key battles
8Blocks1
19Fast break points7
15Turnovers6
3Steals9
🏀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 6-point lead to 15
Q3 0:03 · UTAH 82-67 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
