⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their sixteen- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 7:11 · LAL 25-13 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 2:16 · LAL 33-18 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
