⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 6:33 · SAC 18-10 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 10:14 · SAC 43-29 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 11:32 · SAC 75-58 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:09 · SAC 20-12 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Greg Ostertag technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:35 · SAC 23-13 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 10 | Blocks | 10 |
