⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 5:52 · SAC 36-35 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 6:07 · SAC 60-52 UTAH
- Go-ahead
Beno Udrih hit a driving layup
Q4 1:23 · SAC 90-89 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 1:07 · SAC 24-29 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 9:57 · SAC 71-77 UTAH
- Go-ahead
Paul Millsap hit a layup, Deron Williams with the assist
Q4 1:36 · SAC 88-89 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:36 · SAC 88-89 UTAH
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:13 · SAC 90-94 UTAH
- Missed FT
Kyle Korver misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · SAC 90-94 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
