⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-7 off them- Went cold from three, one of nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 5:22 · SAC 51-43 UTAH
- Ties it
DeMarcus Cousins hit a layup, Jason Thompson with the assist
Q4 2:34 · SAC 101-101 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyreke Evans bad pass
Q4 4:22 · SAC 97-95 UTAH
- Turnover
Jason Thompson bad pass
Q4 1:35 · SAC 101-103 UTAH
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins bad pass
Q4 0:34 · SAC 104-105 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:05 · SAC 51-51 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 9:38 · SAC 91-91 UTAH
- Winner
Andrei Kirilenko hit a 5-foot jumper
Q4 1:54 · SAC 101-103 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:22 · SAC 104-106 UTAH
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:08 · SAC 104-107 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
