⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 31 fast break points to 11
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to six
- Made three threes to their ten
- They shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
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
- Steal
Al Jefferson stole it from DeMarcus Cousins
Q4 2:33 · UTAH 96-99 SAC
- Steal
Jamaal Tinsley stole it from Aaron Brooks
Q4 0:14 · UTAH 102-102 SAC
- Winner
Gordon Hayward hit a 22-foot jumper, Jamaal Tinsley with the assist
Q4 0:04 · UTAH 104-102 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 8:26 · UTAH 62-71 SAC
- Ties it
Marcus Thornton hit a 25-foot three jumper, DeMarcus Cousins with the assist
Q4 0:54 · UTAH 102-102 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins lost ball turnover
Q4 2:33 · UTAH 96-99 SAC
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks lost ball turnover
Q4 0:14 · UTAH 102-102 SAC
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
