⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-19 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the second quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 17-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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q2 3:26 · UTAH 58-44 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 4:24 · UTAH 83-65 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 3:16 · UTAH 121-104 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Mehmet Okur technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:07 · UTAH 95-77 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 11:34 · UTAH 58-52 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:22 · UTAH 101-98 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
