⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 32
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 7:30 · UTAH 94-82 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jose Juan Barea technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:58 · UTAH 37-36 DAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |







