⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- Steal
Chauncey Billups stole it from Deron Williams
Q4 1:23 · DEN 104-107 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
J.R. Smith flagrant foul type 2 (Raja Bell draws the foul)
Q4 6:45 · DEN 89-94 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:45 · DEN 89-94 UTAH
- Turnover
Deron Williams lost ball
Q4 1:23 · DEN 104-107 UTAH
- Missed FT
Raja Bell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · DEN 106-112 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DEN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
