⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 3:23 · UTAH 31-23 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 10:29 · UTAH 90-79 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
