⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 24
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 2
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 2:01 · UTAH 23-9 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 3:40 · UTAH 66-41 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 5:45 · UTAH 90-60 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
