⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen- Gave up second chances, sixteen 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 6:20 · LAL 11-9 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:33 · LAL 2-8 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 3:39 · LAL 72-82 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
