⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 1:30 · DEN 80-83 UTAH
- Steal
Ruben Patterson stole it from Andrei Kirilenko
Q4 2:46 · DEN 101-108 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:43 · DEN 98-105 UTAH
- Missed FT
Ruben Patterson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:33 · DEN 98-106 UTAH
- Turnover
Andre Miller bad pass
Q4 1:23 · DEN 103-110 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 0:42 · DEN 31-36 UTAH
- Steal
Andrei Kirilenko stole it from Andre Miller
Q4 1:23 · DEN 103-110 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 4:20 · DEN 99-106 UTAH
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko bad pass
Q4 2:46 · DEN 101-108 UTAH
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · DEN 106-114 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DEN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
