⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 28- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- Made three threes to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:26 · MEM 12-3 UTAH
- Steal
Alexander Johnson stole it from Carlos Boozer
Q4 1:10 · MEM 97-95 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hakim Warrick lost ball
Q4 5:00 · MEM 91-88 UTAH
- Turnover
Dahntay Jones bad pass
Q4 1:22 · MEM 97-95 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 10:29 · MEM 30-30 UTAH
- Winner
Mehmet Okur hit a 27-foot three jumper, Deron Williams with the assist
Q4 0:36 · MEM 97-98 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 2:16 · MEM 97-100 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer bad pass
Q4 1:10 · MEM 97-95 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MEM | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 0 |
