⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 27- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- Steal
Mickael Gelabale stole it from Mehmet Okur
Q4 2:14 · OKC 97-104 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 3:27 · OKC 74-80 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher misses technical free throw
Q1 1:13 · OKC 20-23 UTAH
- Technical
Carlos Boozer technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 5:58 · OKC 63-65 UTAH
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur bad pass
Q4 2:14 · OKC 97-104 UTAH
📊The numbers
| OKC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 1 |
