⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second 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 Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-16 off them- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 0:03 · UTAH 38-30 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 6:28 · UTAH 76-62 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:43 · UTAH 13-16 NO
- Flagrant
Kyrylo Fesenko flagrant foul type 1 (Marcus Thornton draws the foul)
Q2 9:08 · UTAH 38-30 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 4:58 · UTAH 53-48 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 3:13 · UTAH 80-72 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 13 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
