⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their nine- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their four, and outscored them 17-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:07 · MEM 12-8 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Enes Kanter traveling
Q4 2:16 · MEM 81-84 UTAH
- Missed FT
Rodney Hood misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:32 · MEM 86-91 UTAH
- Missed FT
Gordon Hayward misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · MEM 86-92 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MEM | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 0 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
