⏱️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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-9 off them
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 2-point lead to 10
Q1 5:20 · UTAH 28-18 DEN
- Steal
Carlos Boozer stole it from Kenyon Martin
Q4 1:53 · UTAH 112-104 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ronnie Brewer misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 8:00 · UTAH 79-65 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 7:52 · UTAH 51-42 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 5:05 · UTAH 85-77 DEN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Joey Graham flagrant foul type 1 (Ronnie Brewer draws the foul)
Q3 8:00 · UTAH 79-65 DEN
- Turnover
Kenyon Martin lost ball
Q4 1:53 · UTAH 112-104 DEN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
