⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 29-11 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:15 · UTAH 12-2 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 10:11 · UTAH 37-20 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 0:00 · UTAH 51-46 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:41 · UTAH 92-85 NY
- Turnover
Mardy Collins bad pass
Q4 3:41 · UTAH 94-87 NY
📊The numbers
| UTAH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
