⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 13 fast break points to 0- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 27 free throws to their 43
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q3 6:09 · UTAH 77-71 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 3:00 · UTAH 85-74 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Mehmet Okur technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:37 · UTAH 58-59 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 5:18 · UTAH 12-24 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Jones misses technical free throw
Q4 10:06 · UTAH 89-83 POR
📊The numbers
| UTAH | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
