⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 21-12 off them
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
- A 20-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
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
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 21
Q4 10:30 · LAL 94-73 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
