⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 8:51 · UTAH 7-20 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q1 1:47 · UTAH 18-38 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
