⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35
- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 23-10 off them
Key battles
🏀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 10-point lead to 18
Q4 7:28 · UTAH 83-65 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Troy Murphy technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:30 · UTAH 30-22 IND
- Missed FT
Mike Dunleavy misses technical free throw
Q3 6:03 · UTAH 61-48 IND
📊The numbers
| UTAH | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
