⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 3:46 · UTAH 86-76 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 8:02 · UTAH 38-42 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:48 · UTAH 105-93 SAC
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 4:33 · UTAH 114-104 SAC
- Missed FT
Francisco Garcia misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:58 · UTAH 119-111 SAC
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
