⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the second quarter
Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 21-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:42 · DET 104-114 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Jazz
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q2 11:47 · DET 29-42 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 3:02 · DET 41-61 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:15 · DET 58-75 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DET | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 35 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |







