⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 32-10 off them
- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 26
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
- Technical
Mehmet Okur technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:47 · UTAH 67-62 CHA
- Technical
Brevin Knight technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:37 · UTAH 92-78 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
