⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 9:20 · LAL 4-19 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:02 · LAL 33-45 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 1:24 · LAL 67-86 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Steals | 18 |
| 22 | Blocks | 24 |
