⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 5- Could not get to the line, seventeen 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 1:15 · UTAH 30-23 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 9:07 · UTAH 69-56 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
