⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
+3Q126-20
+1Q226-21
-1Q324-23
+3Q429-23
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 23- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 7
Key battles
21Fast break points7
15Steals6
4Blocks9
30Assists18
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 11:22 · UTAH 34-20 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher misses technical free throw
Q4 5:13 · UTAH 91-76 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
