⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eight- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 50
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 54
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 8:23 · UTAH 81-66 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Derrick Favors and Mason Plumlee
Q1 2:46 · UTAH 25-14 DEN
- Technical
Double technical foul - Royce O'Neale and Will Barton
Q1 2:46 · UTAH 25-14 DEN
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:41 · UTAH 114-107 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 0:01 · UTAH 30-31 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 1:14 · UTAH 113-107 DEN
- Missed FT
Torrey Craig misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:08 · UTAH 114-108 DEN
📊The numbers
| UTAH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 19 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
