⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 22 from three- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 8
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 22-8 off them
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:33 · UTAH 50-45 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Derrick Favors offensive foul (Marcin Gortat draws the foul)
Q4 1:15 · UTAH 78-84 WSH
- Turnover
Rodney Hood out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:20 · UTAH 80-84 WSH
- Turnover
Gordon Hayward lost ball turnover
Q4 0:00 · UTAH 84-88 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:35 · UTAH 18-20 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:45 · UTAH 32-36 WSH
- Steal
Paul Pierce stole it from Gordon Hayward
Q4 0:00 · UTAH 84-88 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcin Gortat punched ball turnover
Q4 2:25 · UTAH 78-84 WSH
- Turnover
Paul Pierce traveling
Q4 0:20 · UTAH 80-84 WSH
- Turnover
John Wall out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:11 · UTAH 84-86 WSH
📊The numbers
| UTAH | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
