⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 17-4 off them- Owned the paint, 40 points inside to 24
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 50
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Earl Watson bad pass
Q4 0:32 · UTAH 84-78 SAC
- Missed FT
Al Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · UTAH 84-80 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- Steal
Pooh Jeter stole it from Earl Watson
Q4 0:32 · UTAH 84-78 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 1:43 · UTAH 84-80 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
