⏱️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
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q4 10:07 · UTAH 83-68 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:25 · UTAH 27-29 LAL
- Missed FT
Josh Howard misses technical free throw
Q4 8:34 · UTAH 75-68 LAL
- Turnover
Paul Millsap lost ball
Q4 3:47 · UTAH 85-79 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:54 · UTAH 19-23 LAL
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:01 · UTAH 79-68 LAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 12 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
