⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 30 rebounds to 15- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 28-13 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 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.
Jazz
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q3 9:26 · UTAH 85-57 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 7:22 · UTAH 116-90 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ronnie Brewer misses technical free throw
Q3 1:01 · UTAH 101-82 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 17
Q3 6:11 · UTAH 87-70 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Walton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:01 · UTAH 101-82 LAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 78 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
