⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 13 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 36
- A 25-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 30 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
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 2-point lead to 11
Q1 5:56 · UTAH 24-13 CHA
- 25-0 run
A 25-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 30
Q1 2:01 · UTAH 51-21 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 29
Q4 11:25 · UTAH 85-56 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 29% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 9 |
| 20 | Points in the paint | 18 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
