⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 11
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 0:01 · LAL 88-82 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher misses technical free throw
Q3 10:23 · LAL 52-53 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 10:23 · LAL 52-53 UTAH
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
