⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 30
- A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up in the first quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up
Q1 6:47 · LAL 28-13 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 4:13 · LAL 61-38 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
C.J. Miles misses technical free throw
Q2 4:13 · LAL 61-38 UTAH
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 34 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
