⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 26-14 off them- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q3 9:19 · GS 65-49 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 9:15 · GS 84-64 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:38 · GS 43-42 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses technical free throw
Q3 10:48 · GS 48-42 UTAH
📊The numbers
| GS | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 12 | Blocks | 5 |
