⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 65 rebounds to 55
- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q2 7:00 · UTAH 58-38 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 9:15 · UTAH 95-73 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:21 · UTAH 20-20 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q3 5:14 · UTAH 79-68 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Josh Hart flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:03 · UTAH 69-50 LAL
📊The numbers
| UTAH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 77 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
