⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
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
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 1:19 · UTAH 95-88 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- Steal
Jason Kidd stole it from Deron Williams
Q4 1:19 · UTAH 95-88 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dirk Nowitzki flagrant foul type 2 (Matt Harpring draws the foul)
Q4 9:48 · UTAH 80-68 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Terry bad pass
Q4 4:43 · UTAH 90-82 DAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
