⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 50 free throws to their 30- Won the glass, 38 rebounds to 23
- Ran them off the floor, 31 fast break points to 9
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 22-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- Ties it
Richard Jefferson hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:05 · BKN 115-115 UTAH
- Winner
Richard Jefferson hit a 5-foot running jumper
Q4 0:01 · BKN 117-115 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bostjan Nachbar misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:52 · BKN 104-103 UTAH
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses technical free throw
Q4 2:00 · BKN 109-113 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carlos Boozer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:00 · BKN 109-113 UTAH
📊The numbers
| BKN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 86 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
