⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34- Made six threes to their fifteen
- They shot well above their usual, fifteen of 28 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:37 · LAL 62-64 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:09 · LAL 110-115 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:42 · LAL 0-8 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 5:48 · LAL 40-52 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 15 | Threes made | 6 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
