⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 19-10 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 8:55 · UTAH 39-33 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenneth Faried technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:15 · UTAH 49-38 DEN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
