⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 34- A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 36-18 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q1 9:22 · UTAH 15-12 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 9:23 · UTAH 42-32 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 10:18 · UTAH 91-78 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:23 · UTAH 0-11 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:11 · UTAH 47-41 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 11:42 · UTAH 52-60 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 36 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
