⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first 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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 10:41 · UTAH 41-24 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyrylo Fesenko technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:31 · UTAH 60-57 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:46 · UTAH 48-43 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 1:06 · UTAH 64-79 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
