⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 17 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 25- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 0:01 · UTAH 91-81 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kyle Korver misses technical free throw
Q2 11:47 · UTAH 23-34 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 3:02 · UTAH 23-34 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
