⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their seventeen- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q2 7:35 · LAL 35-22 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 0:00 · LAL 47-31 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q3 5:37 · LAL 68-39 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q4 8:14 · LAL 81-62 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
