⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 9:56 · WSH 11-0 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 9:48 · WSH 49-43 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
A.J. Price flagrant foul type 1 (Gordon Hayward draws the foul)
Q3 4:07 · WSH 55-51 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 4:50 · WSH 57-57 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 26 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
