⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- They went cold, five of twenty from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 8:26 · DEN 15-7 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Darrell Arthur technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:54 · DEN 73-84 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 1:58 · DEN 24-19 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 6:16 · DEN 73-89 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
