⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-11 off them
A 16-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 4 in the third 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 4:16 · UTAH 65-52 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 10:55 · UTAH 81-66 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur lost ball
Q4 4:05 · UTAH 107-101 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 4
Q3 3:30 · UTAH 96-92 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Danny Granger traveling
Q4 3:30 · UTAH 109-103 IND
- Turnover
Jeff Foster bad pass
Q4 2:17 · UTAH 111-106 IND
- Turnover
Mike Dunleavy bad pass
Q4 0:17 · UTAH 120-113 IND
📊The numbers
| UTAH | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 34 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
