⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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 from level to 14 points up
Q1 11:45 · UTAH 14-0 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Donovan Mitchell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:29 · UTAH 46-34 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q1 5:39 · UTAH 30-21 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
