⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of thirteen from three- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 47
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 6:50 · LAL 45-44 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 0:00 · LAL 101-83 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant double technical foul
Q3 5:11 · LAL 70-68 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 6:50 · LAL 68-68 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:56 · LAL 121-110 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 39 | Assists | 27 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
