⏱️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
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 25-7 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3 in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 5:47 · UTAH 18-11 ATL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 0:10 · UTAH 34-17 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 2:40 · UTAH 71-60 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 2:39 · UTAH 89-85 ATL
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer offensive foul (Josh Smith draws the foul)
Q4 2:12 · UTAH 90-85 ATL
- Turnover
Carlos Boozer turnover
Q4 2:12 · UTAH 90-85 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q2 0:43 · UTAH 47-42 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:33 · UTAH 82-79 ATL
- Steal
Josh Smith stole it from Deron Williams
Q4 2:39 · UTAH 89-85 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
