⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 18-8 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q4 9:37 · UTAH 93-78 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Trey Burke misses technical free throw
Q1 1:23 · UTAH 18-16 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 7:43 · UTAH 29-38 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 4:41 · UTAH 96-88 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
