⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 30
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 11:36 · LAL 12-2 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 1:00 · LAL 78-65 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Pau Gasol and Paul Millsap
Q3 0:03 · LAL 72-63 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 7:18 · LAL 15-13 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:46 · LAL 26-23 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
