⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 15 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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 2:10 · SAC 23-26 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:28 · SAC 59-79 UTAH
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:11 · SAC 61-85 UTAH
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 8:52 · SAC 79-101 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 7:01 · SAC 7-16 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 4:07 · SAC 15-26 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 7:00 · SAC 88-115 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 35 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
